The world stage: a tragicomedy in one (very long) act
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
tralalalala... “Ooh, look here! What a jolly strange thing! This seems to be Ukraine. Oh my, how silly of us. I think the proverbial old “oops” is in place, old chaps....
The Cottonera breathes again, at last
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Charles Flores
Last Wednesday’s inauguration of the finally completed Dock No.1 project in Bormla no doubt signalled a new beginning not only for that wonderful, for-too-long neglected city, but also for the...
Thwarted democracy
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Charló Bonnici
So the government has now hurriedly started a ‘consultation period’ to “listen” to what stakeholders have to say about the proposed postponement of local council elections to...
Time to wake up!
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Michael Asciak
I was away from the island for three weeks, partly on an Opus Dei annual sabbatical workshop dealing with Christology (the essence and being of Christ – one substance but two natures) and partly...
New ways of caring for the elderly: this is just the beginning
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Justyne Caruana
Ability not disability – this is our focus and I am proud to say that the Parliamentary Secretariat for Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing has supported various important...
Psalm of Seven Thunders
Saturday, 30 August 2014, 08:48
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
“The Lord’s voice flashes flames of fire.” Psalm 28. In it, we face the unleashing of a storm. The Hebrew term qol, which...
Fun with public consultation
Friday, 29 August 2014, 07:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
It’s August and the heat, the feasts and the industrial shutdown all contribute towards making this month slower than many others. Earlier this month, I had...
Memo to Labour: the era of protectionism is over
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 09:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The prime minister and his wife (for that nice personal touch) hosted shopkeepers to a reception at Villa Francia in Hal Lija to make them feel involved and that...
Dangerous times - we must watch it
Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 08:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Austin Sammut
I will start with our Police Force. A force such as this is there not only to keep law and order, but also to assist citizens (or anybody for that matter) and...