Mission Fund appreciation
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 08:16
Last update: about 12 years ago
I wish to thank the Mission Fund V.O./0015 for their kind donation to our mission in Pakistan. The funds will be used to finance programmes for Christian formation of youth and adults in poor parishes...
Behind the Holy Doors
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 08:16
Last update: about 12 years ago
Medieval superstition survives in the 21st century. We see Pope Francis proclaiming 2016 a “Holy Year” and opening “Holy Doors”, and dispensing worthless indulgences. These...
Constitution Convention
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 08:15
Last update: about 12 years ago
When speaking at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Republic Day monument in Marsa on Saturday, 12th December, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that in a few months’ time, a process to establish...
Iraqi troops back in the game
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 08:14
Last update: about 12 years ago
Since ISIS went on an epic land-grabbing spree last year, it never lost a battle. One of their important acquisitions was Ramadi, a key city in Iraq just 60 miles away from Baghdad. However, last...
On Hubs (DISABILITY) and shafts
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 08:13
Last update: about 12 years ago
I wish to provide some additional insight into the public discourse initiated some weeks ago after the government’s proposal for a “disability Hub” was unveiled. For clarity, the...
Setting the record straight
Friday, 1 January 2016, 14:16
Last update: about 12 years ago
I am writing to request you to publish this letter as my right of reply to an article penned by Claudette Buttigieg MP on the 13th of November 2015 in your paper. Regrettably and shamefully, Mrs...
Back to the golden years of Labour
Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
Slowly but surely Joseph Muscat is losing ground. His intransigence to keep Michael Falzon and now Ian Borg, to retain their respective portfolios is costing him a quite lot. He is fully aware that...
An Islamic Second Coming
Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
It is 1517 in a small town in Germany and a humble Augustinian monk is nailing a paper with some thoughts to the chapel door in the town’s castle. These thoughts had been preying on his...
More PN excuses on AUM project
Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:43
Last update: about 12 years ago
One of the reasons why the PN is totally against the AUM project – contrary to what some of the PN’s MPs said in Parliament – is that the financier behind this project has no...
The proliferation of cribs
Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:42
Last update: about 12 years ago
In the past, cribs were mainly found in private homes rather than in public places. In mid 1950s Malta, the popularity of cribs waned and Christmas trees became popular. Along the High Street in...