St Gregory and other snippets
Friday, 22 April 2022, 09:25
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
The St Gregory procession is steeped in tradition and dates back at least 500 years. It happens every Wednesday after Easter and, in effect, apart from the religious aspect of it all, serves to...
Destruction
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 06:59
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
We are now witnessing again... like what we witnessed long years ago during the Vietnam war ... how the destruction that war brings in its wake affects all those who voluntarily or not take part in...
Becoming independent
Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 08:48
Last update: about 5 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
One of the difficulties faced by small countries like ours that were governed for centuries by others in their own interests, is to think with our own mind, feel with our own heart and see through our...
Inflation worries
Monday, 18 April 2022, 07:29
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
Worries about inflation will most likely not clear overnight. As of now, that seems to be the case. Still, one can hardly pontificate much regarding how inflation could spread and where it will become...
Staying in power - indefinitely
Sunday, 17 April 2022, 09:44
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“The Labour Party will be the government and the opposition at the same time,” Randolph Debattista, Labour’s CEO declared. Debattista was undemocratically co-opted as an MP by...
The financing of the PLPN
Sunday, 17 April 2022, 09:25
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Through a number of articles in the local press we have been repeatedly made aware that government and its authorities do not treat the parliamentary political parties (and their commercial companies)...
Time for reflection
Sunday, 17 April 2022, 08:43
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
The period immediately following an election is a very valuable time which only the foolish waste through finger-pointing or squabbling. I will focus today on the personal level. The level of...
Access to culture
Saturday, 16 April 2022, 07:58
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
We believe that every person should be in a position to have access to culture. As we have made it clear in our 2022 electoral manifesto, culture is a dinamic and vibrant force which generates...
Climate Change 2022
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 12:11
Last update: about 5 years ago
Michael Briguglio
The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nation’s body that assesses the science behind climate change. Due to its reports in the past years, the world was sensitized...
Censorship and liberty
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
No doubt we have almost all become anti-censorship. We say it upfront, for we are all in favour of freedom of expression. But then, when it becomes necessary to do so, we need to show a certain...