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Backstage and frontstage environmentalism

Thursday, 23 June 2022, 07:26 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Briguglio

In a recent interview on The World, a global daily news programme, academic Diogo Veríssimo, from the University of Montpellier, told host Marco Werman that species of reef fishes which are...

With whom one hangs out

Monday, 20 June 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

It has become part of the political game, common to all participants, that they can be criticised not for what they did or did not do, but as well for what was done or could have been done by those...

Green subalterns

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 10:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

It’s that time of the academic year that is fraught with exam script correction, dissertation reading and moderation, orals, vivas, assignment reviews and frustrating electronic marking...

An island falling apart

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 09:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“We have a culture of impunity - impunity is entrenched, systemic and goes from top to bottom.  Those at the very top show blatant disregard and contempt for the rule of law.  They...

Of Schengen, Cowboys, Pillow, and Pirates

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 09:50 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Dear Editor,  This week I want to write about chaos – chaos in Malta’s application of Schengen, chaos in permits, grammatical chaos – but somehow I hesitate. Because whereas the...

Ethical pluralism: the next steps

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 08:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Malta’s divorce referendum in 2011 reinforced ethical pluralism in the Maltese islands. The intensive debate on civil rights, IVF and abortion are a direct result of the divorce referendum....

Will they heed the warning signs?

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 07:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

This past week has been characterised, in my opinion, by at least two significant statements by two prominent and long-standing icons of the Labour Party, Manwel Cuschieri and Jason...

Change

Friday, 17 June 2022, 07:42 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

Change does not come about easily. It is the result of hard work, commitment, and courage.  It is also the result of determination and a vision based on a belief that a better reality and a...

Rocks in the shadow

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

New buildings are being allowed to climb high so they can throw their shadow everywhere. This reminds me of a play written long ago by my friend Lino Farrugia, titled “Rocks without...

Reflecting on neutrality

Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 08:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

The success of Malta’s future neutrality policy will depend, to a large extent, on the wisdom and prudence of its politicians. In periods of great turmoil, as the one we are experiencing now,...

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