Health sector: Urgent surgery is needed
Monday, 31 August 2015, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Over the past week, the health sector has been very much in the limelight. In today’s issue, we publish two worrying stories. One tells of the enormous strain that doctors at Mater Dei’s...
Gambling with the nation’s heritage and environment
Sunday, 30 August 2015, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
A group of well-intentioned environmental NGOs is holding an activity at Zonqor Point this evening with a view to highlighting the natural beauty of the area before the concrete is laid and buildings...
Environment: Balloon stunt is outright irresponsible
Saturday, 29 August 2015, 10:13
Last update: about 12 years ago
Nature Trust Mala has expressed serious concern at the fact that the Għaqda Mużikali Marija Bambina, Banda Vittorja of Naxxar is planning to release a record breaking amount of balloons as...
Environment: The fear factor takes over
Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 09:16
Last update: about 12 years ago
The Spot the Jellyfish Campaign has announced that the annual fried egg jellyfish migration season has hit Malta again. Hundreds of the Cotylorhiza tuberculata have been spotted by the public,...
Migration: The new route into the EU
Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 08:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
Macedonian Border Police yesterday allowed thousands of migrants, predominantly from Syria, to cross the border into the Serbia. In the face of overwhelming numbers, the poor European nation...
Historic, not derelict, and a historic delay
Monday, 24 August 2015, 07:59
Last update: about 11 years ago
In 1998, just a few days before the early general election caused by Dom Mintoff’s defiance of the Alfred Sant government over the Cottonera waterfront rehabilitation, John Dalli who in that...
The Zonqor Point ‘compromise’
Sunday, 23 August 2015, 09:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
The Prime Minister has described plans he unveiled on Thursday to split the American University of Malta between a portion of the original site at Zonqor Point, Marsascala and part of Cospicua’s...
Politics: A long hot summer
Friday, 21 August 2015, 10:17
Last update: about 12 years ago
They say a week is a long time in politics. Normally, in summer, things go very quiet in the traditional holiday month of August. Last year, the PL and the PN had pledged to allow people to enjoy...