The right to know and the duty to remember
Sunday, 28 January 2024, 09:02
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Attributed to Spanish-American philosopher Jorge Santayana, these words signify not only the duty to remember, but more,...
Abela’s fuming
Sunday, 28 January 2024, 09:01
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Robert Abela made a scene as he walked out of court. Visibly irate he launched an unhinged tirade against the opposition. “Today a unique situation evolved in the courtroom, where the PN showed...
Gozo airstrip - another waste of resources?
Sunday, 28 January 2024, 07:59
Last update: about 4 years ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
On Sunday 6 February 2005, just before the local council elections, then Labour Leader Alfred Sant announced that then MEP Joseph Muscat had proposed that the EU allows air services flying fewer than...
Tragically the world is going nuts
Sunday, 28 January 2024, 07:56
Last update: about 4 years ago
Victor Calleja
They say comparisons are odious. Comparing Malta, a tiny fishpond, to the USA sounds not only odious, but laughably wrong. Yet if Donald Trump, with all his negative attributes, is still leading in...
Flushing out illegal immigrants
Sunday, 28 January 2024, 07:44
Last update: about 4 years ago
Mark Said
After years in the doldrums, our police service sprung into action between the months of August and October of two years ago. A good number of illegal and undocumented immigrants were flushed out of...
A month confined
Sunday, 28 January 2024, 07:24
Last update: about 4 years ago
Noel Grima
It’s been a month already since I was taken to Mater Dei hospital on Christmas Eve with what later turned out to be COVID. Since then I have not been out of confinement, first in various wards...
Celebrating heritage and unleashing creativity
Friday, 26 January 2024, 07:41
Last update: about 4 years ago
Owen Bonnici
The Carnival of Malta is set to unfold its vibrant festivities from the 9th to the 13th of February 2024. This cherished annual celebration, deeply embedded in the tapestry of our historical...
Dangerous pavements
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
Recently, I read somewhere about the complaint made by elderly people regarding pavements lined, at places unevenly, with small black granite tiles. They are danger spots. Those people who slip as...
The single European market
Monday, 22 January 2024, 07:58
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
Former Italian Prime minister Enrico Letta visted Malta recently as part of a mission launched by the European Commission to review how the single European market could be strengthened and expanded....
Azzopardi’s acrobatics
Sunday, 21 January 2024, 08:59
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Robert Abela abused public funds for a sponsored Facebook post promoting himself. The guidelines on government advertising are clear - “adverts should not include names or photos of...