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Never ending stories

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Nine months ago I had forwarded a complaint to the Ombudsman’s office with the intention of recovering the money I had paid to repair the damage done to my car. This happened on a road in Safi....

High pavement

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The picture (below) shows one of the pavements of St Massimiliano Kolbe Bridge in front of St Anthony's church, Ta Paris. This is almost 30 cm. high. One cannot open the car door without scratching...

Tiny error

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

With reference to President Emeritus Eddie Fenech Adami’s autobiography Eddie – My Journey published in 2014, I would like to bring to the attention of readers a tiny and perhaps...

Sustainable development

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Sustainable development is development which can be sustained and not become a white elephant. So the use of ground water extracted from innumerable boreholes, which was illegal and then...

The 2018 general election

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Time is surely but steadily running out. Despite a series of corruption allegations and other unchecked abuses, Joseph Muscat's administration is poised for yet another triumph at the polls, come...

Emergency contraception

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

In his article regarding the use of levonorgestrel as an emergency contraception, Dr Michael Asciak states that “on or after ovulation, approval or prescription of the high dose drug would lead...

The Three words

Sunday, 21 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The 31st World Youth Day that took place in Krakow in July was an outstanding celebration of hope, mercy and compassion for young people, particularly at a time when our shattering world is...

The never-ending war on terror

Sunday, 21 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

In the wake of the mass casualty attacks in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Orlando, Belgium, Nice and Munich, as well as numerous smaller ones by the so-called lone wolves, it is simply a disturbing fact that no...

Ministry scholarships

Sunday, 21 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

I was recently reminded of Loughborough College in England, first through the academic successes of a Maltese student and Ministry scholarship holder Emma Grech, and then by the outstanding...

Fish farms

Sunday, 21 August 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Recent revelations, or indeed admissions by fish farm owners that slicks of foul smelling toxic slime polluting large stretches of Malta’s once clear waters surrounding the islands are in fact...

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