The mandate
Monday, 10 August 2015, 08:49
Last update: about 10 years ago
Marlene Farrugia
As you know, after a long much needed break, last week I returned with a very light article talking about the glamour of Maltese sunset,...
Church governance
Monday, 10 August 2015, 08:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
Alfred Sant
Quite some time has elapsed since there was a change of leadership in the Maltese Church. There had been reports and controversies about disarray and management problems that led, if I understood what...
Smokin’ Joe
Sunday, 9 August 2015, 11:30
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The police have finally caught up with former Labour Party treasurer Joe Sammut, the famous – or should that be infamous – Mosta accountant who handled the financial affairs of members of...
Hybrid coalition coming apart
Sunday, 9 August 2015, 11:19
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
The ‘Moviment’ which won so handsomely in March 2013 is a rare animal in Maltese political history. It is the amalgam, carefully-structured, of different hues, origins and derivations...
Sustainable development goals: beyond rhetoric
Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
In the past few months, considerable work has been carried out by the United Nations to produce a document on sustainable development goals and earlier this week it was announced that a...
What do we do well?
Saturday, 8 August 2015, 08:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Rachel Borg
When you think of Italy, for example, even though they are languishing economically and socially, you still bring to mind a concept of their excellence in fashion, anything culinary, Dante and...
Health: In the heat of the night
Friday, 7 August 2015, 12:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
This sultry, torrid heat is leaving an effect. I must blame it for last Tuesday’s press conference in which Chris Fearne, parliamentary secretary for health, proudly announced the agreement...
Camping at Marsaxlokk - times have changed
Friday, 7 August 2015, 08:06
Last update: about 10 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Who does not remember the summer of 2012? August was dominated by news from the small village ofMarsaxlokk. Residents were protesting against the fact that one of Marsaxlokk’s bays, that of...
Don’t ban Facebook; put down ground rules instead
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 11:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
An association of lawyers who specialise in information technology law has called on the Ministry of Education to call off its ban on use of Facebook by its senior officials. Minister Evarist Bartolo...
Banks
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 06:35
Last update: about 10 years ago
Alfred Sant
In the wake of the financial crisis that has disrupted European economies as of 2008, progress towards a banking union within the euro zone was to be expected and was probably necessary. It launched a...