Revisiting our rituals
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 07:24
Last update: about 5 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
In 2019 the Faculty for Social Wellbeing made a break-through research which revealed that 43% of people over the age of 11 suffered from loneliness. This study, which I conducted with my colleagues...
Crime at sea - The Wild West on the waves
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 10:57
Last update: about 5 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
Transnational organized crime is seamless on land, air and sea, but mostly sea. According to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (The Global Illicit Economy – 11 March...
Social concerns
Monday, 5 September 2022, 08:48
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
There is a growing belief that those placed in the lower social strata -- by way of having a meagre income or being employed in precarious jobs -- will find themselves most vulnerable to the knocks...
Clayton’s Comino Catastrophes
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 09:02
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“On Comino we are already working to draw up a plan”. Already? Labour’s been in power for almost a decade and Clayton Bartolo hasn’t even started to draw up a plan?...
Phone call from the Ministry
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 08:35
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The driving licence racket unveiled in Court earlier this week is extremely disturbing. This is being stated in view of the sensitive information indicated in the testimony heard so far in Court but...
Fighting sea slime: Proactive solutions for cleaner seas
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 08:13
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alicia Bugeja Said
During this past month, a new and innovative trial project was underway within Malta’s bluefin tuna farms. The aim of this initiative is to utilise a new type of feed, which will help in...
End-time in Britain
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 07:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
I have never experienced anything like it and they, the directly affected, have never seen anything like it. Electricity costs going through the roof, something like £7,000 a year per house and...
Lowest unemployment rate in history
Friday, 2 September 2022, 08:05
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Last month’s unemployment rate was 2.9%, the lowest level ever recorded in our nation’s history. This means that in July, the actual number of unemployed...
Financial cuts
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 07:58
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
Controversy erupted because (if I understood correctly) as part of the financial cuts that the government will be making in its expenditures, the grant to the University shall be reduced by a little...
Solar energy
Monday, 29 August 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
We grumble all the time because it’s been too hot – and still is, even as we know quite well that the sun could be the main and most reliable source of natural energy for these...