The House of strategic failures
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 08:12
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
Our House of Representatives has just celebrated its first 100 years since its inaugural sitting in colonial times after the 7 Giugno riots. For the first time in its existence the House is now...
Facing a national crisis
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 08:53
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
There are times in our life when we just raise our arms in exasperation and simply cannot take any more of a critical situation. We recognize that a limit has been passed, that tolerance and...
Centenary
Friday, 5 November 2021, 08:32
Last update: about 6 years ago
Owen Bonnici
It was on 1 November, 1921, exactly one hundred years ago this week, that the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII - Prince Charles' immediate predecessor in title and the current Queen's uncle - inaugurated...
Optimistic signals
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
From the tourism sector we are getting... if I am understanding correctly... signals that spell a cautious optimism across Europe, Malta included. This is quite encouraging as almost without our...
Not to repeat the ‘worst mistake’ in Libya
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 08:33
Last update: about 6 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
For outsiders, Libya may be just a geopolitical crisis and eventually an opportunity for lucrative contracts. But for nearly seven million Libyans, Libya is their shattered home where two thirds...
'Golden' passports
Monday, 1 November 2021, 08:22
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
Like me, you might not be partial to the scheme by which so-called golden passports are issued to foreign citizens, so that they become “Maltese”, after they have paid in funds...
Climate change and solar rights
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 10:29
Last update: about 6 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is necessary if we are to address climate change effectively. In Paris, in 2015, it was agreed by all that limiting global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius...
Jail for refusing to testify
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 09:17
Last update: about 6 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Former Trump advisor, Stephen Bannon, refused to testify before of the special House Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. Did the committee just let him off? Did they...
Robert Abela may come to rue this week’s decision
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 08:31
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
After weeks, if not months, of national uncertainty over the date of the election, Robert Abela left it till the very last day by which he could have gone to the country by the end of November to tell...
Lousy, low and rubbishy
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 07:24
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
The soap opera that is Konrad Mizzi will soon become a part of our national culture and the lessons on how to be Konrad will probably begin to feature in the school curriculum. Some lessons may...