Abolitionists and not environmentalists
Sunday, 29 March 2015, 09:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
The SHout campaign is relentlessly raising hell to try and stop hunting in Malta. To add insult to injury they are indulging in dirty tricks such as exaggerations in numbers, untruths,...
Judge Emeritus Giovanni Bonello goes overboard
Sunday, 29 March 2015, 09:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
I was literally astounded to read what Judge Emeritus Giovanni Bonello has said about so many thousands of his fellow Maltese and Gozitans when he described them as “Neanderthals”, just...
Commemorating King Richard III
Sunday, 29 March 2015, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
As a long-standing member of the Richard III Society who has made the trip to Bosworth Field in Leicestershire several times, this week has been truly unbelievable. The ceremonies of the...
Quality service and efficiency
Sunday, 29 March 2015, 08:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
Between the last week of January and the last week of February the taxpayers paid for two media campaigns on television sponsored and carried out by government as propaganda for the service which,...
How to be an MP and make money
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 09:17
Last update: about 12 years ago
The famous slogan Malta l-ewwel u qabel kollox, coined by the late Dom Mintoff, has evaporated into thin air. Today, politicians have decided to change this slogan to read Jiena l-ewwel u qabel...
An intriguing new novel
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 09:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
A friend of mine gave me a short novel entitled Love and Myths which has just been distributed in local bookshops. I was intrigued by the title and by the well-designed red cover...
Agony over silence
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 09:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
The dramatic tale of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished into thin air on 8 March, 2014, is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in aviation history! No bodies were recovered and not a...
More on the Holy Shroud of Turin
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 09:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
The Holy Shroud of Turin is either the negative image of the authentic story of Christ’s passion and death, and probably of His resurrection as well. Or it is a medieval (1250-1390) re-enactment...
Why I will vote ‘Yes’
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 08:13
Last update: about 12 years ago
I am not a hunter, but I will definitely be voting yes. Besides, there was a lot of hypocrisy and misleading arguments made by the anti-hunting brigade. I will just mention the following...
Tour leader's scam
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 08:19
Last update: about 12 years ago
Last summer my wife and I went for a holiday-tour with a leading local tour agency. During the pre-tour briefing we were asked to fork out €125 to cover the entrance fees we were to pay...