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...