Gozo Channel: A monopoly that delivers
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 08:10
Last update: about 3 years ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
It's Friday, 17 January, 3:45 am. A fierce gale warning lights up every weather bulletin as rain cascades and the wind roars through Ċirkewwa. After boarding the MV Gaudos, we are pushing across...
Trumpian shockwaves
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 08:08
Last update: about 3 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
We are inevitably impacted by all that which occurs around us. It is therefore only a question of time that we will have to take into consideration the views, utterances and decisions of the new...
The Janus effect
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 07:17
Last update: about 3 years ago
Victor Calleja
Some people, even PN bigwigs, believe that the more we speak of corruption, the worse it is. They fear being negative. That mentioning the horrors of the ones in power will scare people, the common...
A register of elderly abuse offenders
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 07:15
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
In May 2023, inclusion minister Julia Farrugia Portelli was behind the introduction of a register for people guilty of abusing disabled people. The result is that all care homes will have to check if...
The brave new world of crypto currency
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 06:16
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
It was by a happy coincidence that a few weeks back opened for me, a commentator, not an investor, the brave new world of crypto currency. Since then, I've come to know that a growing number of...
An exciting time for culture and the arts
Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:39
Last update: about 3 years ago
Owen Bonnici
There was a time in Malta when Governments considered culture and the arts to be an afterthought or a political appendix to something else. There were many reasons for this lack of...
Road works
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
It is mystifyng how over all these years, we remain without an administrative method by which road works are carried out according to a well regulated plan that ensures they are completed in a...
Less traffic
Monday, 20 January 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
Measures have been announced to help reduce the volume of car traffic on our roads. The question arises: how successful are they being? Likely, there is need for an objective review of their...
Bonnici the Bully
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:16
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Do you know Matthew Maggi? Probably not. He's not a public figure. He's a private citizen working in the film industry. Yet Minister Owen Bonnici used his position of power to harass and...
Gozo’s push for regional autonomy: A vision or a mirage?
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:14
Last update: about 3 years ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
The Gozo Business Chamber's recent call for regional autonomy enshrined in Malta's constitution has reignited a long-standing debate about Gozo's governance. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the...