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Master of destiny

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 08:44 Last update: about 4 years ago Rachel Borg

Events in Afghanistan in this past week have revealed a shift in global organization and thinking.  Mostly there was a sense of shock at the way the Taliban had swept into Kabul in such a short...

Collaboration

Friday, 20 August 2021, 09:23 Last update: about 4 years ago Owen Bonnici

The research project which saw a space balloon successfully being launched from Bighi all the way up to the stratosphere carrying cameras and other technological tools with the aim of recording new...

Covid, Climate, and Geo-Politics

Thursday, 19 August 2021, 08:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Michael Briguglio

In a recent interview in The Malta Independent on Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne said that “Herd immunity is a mathematical formula. It’s not a magical...

Words say one thing, actions another

Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 09:03 Last update: about 4 years ago Peter Agius

PM Abela vouches to implement the public inquiry recommendations, but then makes sure to stifle free media at PBS while endorsing Edward Zammit Lewis, the Minister for Good(?) Governance who was in...

Grey, red, disgruntled labour lists

Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 10:50 Last update: about 4 years ago Peter Agius

Not a single week goes by without news hitting the headlines showing Labour's excesses, bad governance, corruption, sleaze and impunity.  Investigations by the Commissioner for Standards in...

Vetoing the veto

Sunday, 13 June 2021, 10:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Charles Flores

Well, of course, it was a German who lit the fuse. This time in the figure of Foreign Minister Heiko Maas who came out calling for the European Union to get rid of the right for individual member...

The institutionalisation of disrespect

Sunday, 6 June 2021, 10:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The problem is dominance. It's also the dynamic that keeps the human world going. We're all in an insane race to dominate and avoid being dominated or accepting to be dominated. Dominance means...

Enjoy the peace

Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:30 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

At a court hearing yesterday (Thursday) a representative of the State asked me if it could be that Lino Cauchi was killed in some sort of personal vendetta. We have reached that stage. So...

The threat to our future

Sunday, 4 April 2021, 07:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Pollution contaminates our lives. We tend to act and react depending on the visibility of the pollutant. Research is ongoing and new publications continuously point towards the impact of pollution in...

Wave after wave

Sunday, 4 April 2021, 06:35 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

The numbers, we say, speak for themselves. But they do not solve the Covid pandemic. Ever since the authorities imposed a virtual lockdown, we have seen the number of infections decrease...

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