An island of pianists, poets and ballerinas
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 10:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Charles Flores
One would be tempted to query Education Minister Evarist Bartolo's lament in Parliament last week that parents in Malta still look at culture and the arts as "a waste of time", particularly at a time...
The Pyrotechnic Association and spring hunting
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 10:47
Last update: about 10 years ago
Simon Mercieca
The Pyrotechnic Association is supporting the Yes vote not because it sees a threat to the Maltese festa, but because their aspirations to have uncontrolled fireworks are perceived to be under threat....
The real roadmap
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 08:26
Last update: about 10 years ago
Rachel Borg
We could say that this winter has been particularly tough weather wise. We have had heavy downpours, really strong winds and very low temperatures for quite long periods. The meteorologists...
Catch me if you can
Friday, 13 March 2015, 08:19
Last update: about 10 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Joseph Muscat has been in power for only two years. Yet, in some respects, he is behaving like one of those Third World dictators. In tin-pot democracies, the governing few and their lackeys are...
There’s no place in politics for Toni Abela, either
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 08:32
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Toni Abela, deputy leader of the Labour Party, had the brass neck to say to the media yesterday that there is no place for Giovanna Debono, the former Gozo Minister, in politics, on the basis of the...
The electorate
Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 09:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
The main objective for every political party is to try and convince the electorate that they should be voting for ‘them’. Politics in all truth is a complex mind game and the...
Are political promises worth something?
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 07:57
Last update: about 10 years ago
Gejtu Vella
In politics two years are a rather short period to draw definitive conclusions. One can only look for and detect some characteristics, some of which may be very encouraging and positive while others...
The appreciation of Semitic Maltese and the Church
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 07:54
Last update: about 10 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Recently, I had the opportunity to meet an extremely informed Franciscan priest, Sebastian Camilleri. Originally, he was from Ħamrun and his name was Emanuel but as was the custom then, it was...
Two years of Labour
Monday, 9 March 2015, 08:34
Last update: about 10 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Don’t be disappointed if Joseph Muscat does not resign today, on the day that his self-imposed deadline for the completion of the power station at Delimara expires. He is a man that enjoys...