Young, uniformed and racist
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 09:45
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mary Muscat
When BBC journalist Mark Daly joined the Greater Manchester Police as an undercover recruit in 2003, he helped uncover racism within policing that the Macpherson Inquiry four years earlier had exposed...
Tribe v. Ideas
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 08:57
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
I’m not sure one can call Manwel Cuschieri an anchorman, since, as far as I can remember, he has always been a one-man show. He’s no longer a One-man show, though, as One Radio decided to...
Greenwashing by ERA
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 08:50
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has published a draft National Strategy for the Environment for public consultation. The proposed strategy is not specific but generic in nature. It lists...
The travails of two women PMs
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 07:53
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
Well, that’s not entirely correct. One is no longer a prime minister and the other at this precise moment (11.15am on Friday) is not yet a prime minister. This week at least internationally...
Free nations
Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:35
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
“The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.” “[But then] without...
Voluntary organisations
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 07:56
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
There are few, if at all, good estimates of the overall contribution made by voluntary organisations to the life of our community. An obvious reason why is the wide sweep of activities covered by the...
Budgetary Season in a southern European island state
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 07:33
Last update: about 5 years ago
Michael Briguglio
Malta’s budgetary season comes within a context of plural crises around the world. Impacts and repercussions of Covid-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the climate emergency, amongst others, are...
Public inquiry recommendations: Still a long way to go
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 07:48
Last update: about 5 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
Enough time has passed to take stock of what has been implemented in the last 16 months since the publication of the recommendations on the media by the Public Inquiry into the assassination of Daphne...
How to contain
Monday, 17 October 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
How shall we contain the ongoing environmental damage that proceeds around us? By disallowing all construction in all zones which are still in a “natural” state or which are allocated...
Truth will overcome
Sunday, 16 October 2022, 09:53
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“Government should seek to take appropriate and opportune steps to ensure that the state reconciles with the family of the assassinated journalist in order to start healing the serious and...