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Reminisces of a former public prosecutor (part 1)

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:21 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Being retired now and obviously having more time on my hands than I could ever find in my heydays as a practicing lawyer, I am enjoying the luxury of catching up on reading a plethora of books and...

Incompetence rules

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:20 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

So they finally admitted their own incompetence and they did it in the worst possible way. After the social media had been inundated with photos of tourists peeing in a garage entry across the...

State of the happy nation: tal-biki

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:19 Last update: about 2 years ago Victor Calleja

The title of this article breaks a sacred rule: don't use Maltese in an article written in English. But rules are there to be broken, and in Malta the rule now is: shatter all rules as no one really...

A gem in the Capital

Friday, 25 July 2025, 08:07 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

At the heart of our capital city, Valletta, is the Grand Master's Palace, a gem of a building with an illustrious history.  You must have walked in front of it countless times but may never...

Three items worthy of note

Friday, 25 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

I refer to the recent public statements made by both the Kamra tal-Periti (KTP) and the Chamber of Geologists whereby, concerning the Paceville collapse site, the latter had expressed its grave...

European finances

Thursday, 24 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

In its proposals for the European budgets covering 2028 - 2034, the European Commission has envisaged a substantial increase in EU expenditures. To account for this, it has referenced the priorities...

The PN battles its own nonsense

Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 07:35 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The Nationalist Party stands at a crossroads. Its leadership election should inspire fresh energy and new ideas, yet the rulebook issued lately by its Electoral Commission tells a different story. The...

Restaurants

Monday, 21 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

The report published recently by the association of restaurants, the ACE, surveying what diners out in Maltese restaurants think about the service they get was very interesting. Most of all in the...

Chambray vs Manoel Island: Twin fortresses, diverging fates

Sunday, 20 July 2025, 10:56 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

As Gozitan sunlight touches Fort Chambray's ramparts, this limestone structure above Mġarr Harbour - a silent witness to three centuries of activity, from past skirmishes to modern development -...

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