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The ripple effect

Sunday, 7 March 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

In our battle to reduce the Covid incidence, we, the people of the world, are governed by the numbers. When the numbers decrease, that means we are on the right track. When they increase, we must...

The honey-toned side of the Maltese game

Sunday, 7 March 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

I know football, as the most popular game in the world, has long been usurped by the multi-nationals, the richest global brands and American, Russian, Chinese and other Asian billionaires peddling...

Choose To Challenge

Saturday, 6 March 2021, 08:34 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

March 8th is the day when the world celebrates International Women’s Day.  The theme chosen this year is “Choose to Challenge”.   This theme is very relevant today...

Human rights

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 07:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

One of the claims that have been made since the Covid-19 pandemic struck and which seemed to me to be rather curious went as follows: Measures introduced by governments to keep people at home and not...

Zero Enforcement

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 07:33 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

This article is not about the unfortunate lack of enforcement with regard to some ‘restaurants’ that are acting as hubs for booze gatherings, with no sense of social distancing. Such...

‘The prisoners are my children and I love them so much’

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 09:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

‘I am like any other mother who comforts her children. I want my heart to grow so that I can love them even more’.  – Sr Adele. Last Saturday during my radio show on 103...

Saving Maltese tourism, vaccine passport now

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 09:06 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

It has often been said that a crisis brings out the true nature of people. I don’t know how much of that is true, but reading Alfred Sant’s proposal to do away with intellectual property...

Reputation

Monday, 1 March 2021, 07:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

There do remain things to be done, but independently of what those who prefer to paint it all black say, matters have improved quite substantially. It has been obvious that Malta’s international...

Bernard Grech and the Common Good

Sunday, 28 February 2021, 10:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Philosophy in Maltese is not a usual occurrence. Joe Friggieri, Mark Montebello OP, and Anton Sammut, say, have written a few books; I did my bit with the late Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici (who sadly...

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