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Reflections

Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 08:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Reflection 1: Our countryside  Allow me to share a couple of episodes from my childhood as we struggle with the scars that we are inflicting on our country/side. I recall with a lot of...

Central link – the undisputed facts

Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 09:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

Last year, in early July 2018, the call for tenders for the construction of the Central Link project closed.  The public consultation period on the planning application had not yet even opened. A...

Migrants in despair

Monday, 4 November 2019, 08:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The despair and mental health difficulties that “irregular” migrants experience constitute a problem which is not receiving enough attention. Or better, the problem is not considered as...

Mercenary Today

Sunday, 3 November 2019, 10:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

If politics – politics in a democracy – were simple, humans would be re-admitted as tenants in the Garden of Eden. Instead, ever since that mythical eviction, things have always been...

Eco-schools programme: seeding the future

Sunday, 3 November 2019, 10:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The environmental education of our younger generation is the most rewarding investment and the eco-schools programme run, by local environmental NGO Nature Trust, is one such fruitful investment....

Killing it softly

Sunday, 3 November 2019, 10:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

I hasten to explain my choice for main topic to the non-sporting among my readers. Football is not just a sport like any other most people on earth enjoy. The football World Cup every four years is a...

All gas and clappers

Sunday, 3 November 2019, 09:19 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

The Romans are long gone from our island. All our conquerors, colonisers and other misguided overlords, have been consigned to the scrapheap of history. We rarely tried getting rid of them; in fact we...

Why tactical voting could change the course of history

Sunday, 3 November 2019, 08:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

At first glance, the decision of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and, for once, a majority in the House of Commons to go for an election on 12 December was rather inexplicable. Elections are...

Stop the bullying

Saturday, 2 November 2019, 09:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

To bully a child is extremely bad and harmful.  The damage and pain can last a lifetime unless properly dealt with.  The same too for women who are bullied by aggressive or narcissistic...

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