Birżebbuġa: adding insult to injury
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 10:30
Last update: about 6 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Government’s decision to select a site for a car-racing track at Ħal Far, on the outskirts of Birżebbuġa, betrays a gross lack of sensitivity towards the welfare of the...
Reining in the runaway horse
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 08:30
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
The minister for finance has been reported as having mused that the Maltese economy could do with a less preponderance of construction. He got his knuckles rapped by his own boss, the prime...
Exaggerated bills
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 07:09
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
This is not an allegation. I have no facts to bear it out. I just have common sense. Something unreasonable and difficult to explain, makes you query all possibilities to find a...
The exact opposite
Friday, 1 October 2021, 09:21
Last update: about 6 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Until last Tuesday, “Jaiteh Lamin” was simply a pair of words put one near each other, completely anonymous. Completely quiet, completely faceless. After last Tuesday,...
Check your source
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 08:39
Last update: about 6 years ago
Michael Briguglio
Within Malta’s social media bubbles, some news often follow a pattern of spin, replication and propagation. This begins when a social media influencer, whether in organizational or individual...
The SPD victory
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
The SPD’s victory, by a whisker, in the Bundestag elections once again placed the socialists in a pivotal position in Germman politics. They have not been in that role since the end of Gerhard...
The Nationalist Party is pushing a rock uphill
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 07:30
Last update: about 6 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
It is probably ‘the dream’ of every Opposition to have such fodder at your beck and call to criticize and use as ammo ‘against’ the Government With all the looming court...
Best of times
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 07:27
Last update: about 6 years ago
Peter Agius
The intro to Labour's 2017 election manifesto read that a Labour government was a guarantee for stability and credibility leading to the "best of times" for the Maltese people. That prediction...
Urban centres
Monday, 27 September 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
It is the case that urban centres of our towns and villages are being scrubbed back and losing their character. Sliema where the damage has been proceeding for quite a while, was in the forefront of...
Independence: The Quintessential Problem
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 10:30
Last update: about 6 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Independence Day celebrations could turn out to be stale, perfunctory ceremonies to recall the day when the British Empire packed up and set its Central Mediterranean fortress-colony free. On the...