The licence to kill
Sunday, 6 July 2025, 08:23
Last update: about 9 days ago
I once read a comment on World War 2: it gave man the licence to kill and so life has become cheap. In Genesis 2: 16, God does not permit humans to eat meat. This rule was revoked after the Great...
A 500-year-old letter that changed Malta's fate
Sunday, 22 June 2025, 06:46
Last update: about 24 days ago
The commonly known milestones in the history of the Hospitaller Order in Malta include their arrival in 1530 and their victory during the Great Siege of 1565. However, significant events unfolded...
The modern day dictator
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 06:09
Last update: about 28 days ago
No wonder Netanyahu and his gang are getting away with the unbridled murder of Palestinians. Look at what his mentor, Donald Trump, acting like a modern day dictator, is doing in his country,...
A world in slumber
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 08:20
Last update: about 3 months ago
It is a disgrace that Israel is getting only verbal condemnation for, and getting away with the atrocities it is committing in Gaza with such ardent fervour. It is obviously relishing the unfettered...
Inaccuracies in book review
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 08:03
Last update: about 3 months ago
I am writing in response to the book review titled "Genesis of a tragedy", written by Noel Grima and published on 11 May 2025 in your newspaper, The Malta Independent on Sunday. As the author of...
Near mayhem
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 06:57
Last update: about 3 months ago
It is near mayhem every day at Rabat bus terminus at some times of the day, with passengers needing to take a bus having to stand in the middle of the very traffic-heavy road to watch out for their...
The Hunger Lust
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 06:56
Last update: about 3 months ago
Every year the world rightly marks the Holocaust, the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Maybe the world should now also start marking the Hunger Lust, the deprivation of food aid to...
What Malta can do to fight climate change
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 08:03
Last update: about 4 months ago
Small countries like Malta, with their limited resources and geographical vulnerabilities, face unique challenges in addressing climate change. However, these nations are also well-positioned to take...
Russian Embassy takes issue with Minister’s article
Tuesday, 11 February 2025, 16:01
Last update: about 6 months ago
The Russian Embassy in Malta has taken issue with an opinion article written by Minister for National Heritage, the Arts, and Local Government of Malta, Owen Bonnici which was published in The...