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The second could have been the first

Sunday, 22 September 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

As my friend Trevor Zahra was telling a section of the Maltese Language media the other day, during the past decade or so it has become fashionable to expressly describe Malta as a bilingual nation,...

Independence Day in 2019 Malta

Sunday, 22 September 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

I have to admit I am an incurable Romantic. It happens to me often that I hear people speaking in Maltese, and I go through a sort of out-of-body experience. I forget I'm Maltese and I listen as if I...

In cahoots with the polluter

Sunday, 22 September 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Malta’s current Waste Management Plan is entitled ‘A Resource Management Approach’. This is not simply a fancy title – it encapsulates the underlying philosophy for the...

Just three strands

Sunday, 22 September 2019, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

I watched on Monday the Daphne Caruana Galizia commemoration from Valletta and wondered, amazed at this small but very determined group of activists who have been, quite literally, holding the candle...

55

Saturday, 21 September 2019, 10:08 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

So, the 55th Independence anniversary has come along.  This time, the lady is rather conflicted about it.   Neither here nor there.  Neither 50 or 60.  She is within that...

Enriching our Culture

Friday, 20 September 2019, 09:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

It was a simple yet an exceptional moment on Wednesday when the heirs of the late music instrument builder Dr George Debono presented rare and valuable baroque instruments to the Teatru...

Environmentalism, LGBTIQ and social class

Thursday, 19 September 2019, 09:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

Helena Dalli's nomination for the post of European Commissioner for Equality is significant in various aspects. She is the first Maltese woman to be nominated for such a post, her background is in...

The weakest link

Thursday, 19 September 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

When an administrative process to regulate or monitor affairs, requires the participation of a number of institutions that depend on each other to ensure that affairs move forward, there is a need for...

PA attempts to slice through fortification

Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 09:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

How would you react if a regulatory authority applied to itself to slice through a Grade 1 scheduled historical fortification? This is exactly what the Planning Authority did in April last year....

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