Transparency: not their forte
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 09:15
Last update: about 6 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
As I’ve said many times, the Labour governments under Joseph Muscat and Robert Abela have shown a devotion to continuity. It was promised to us by Abela in the run up to the party leadership...
Can Malta go hungry?
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 09:19
Last update: about 6 years ago
Peter Agius
This week, Prime Minister Robert Abela declared that agriculture should be a pillar of our economy. He said that his government wants to help farmers to ensure they produce enough food to sustain the...
The Kármán line
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 08:35
Last update: about 6 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
With the pandemic and all, the current state of affairs is not easy to manage. True, we are at the stage where the unrolling of the vaccination programme is starting to pick up. However, there are new...
A war that is not war
Monday, 8 March 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
The metaphors of war have been used for quite a while with regard to the coronavirus pandemic. They make sense, though not completely. The mobilisation of communities that is really required if the...
The honey-toned side of the Maltese game
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 09:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Charles Flores
I know football, as the most popular game in the world, has long been usurped by the multi-nationals, the richest global brands and American, Russian, Chinese and other Asian billionaires peddling...
The ripple effect
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 09:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
In our battle to reduce the Covid incidence, we, the people of the world, are governed by the numbers. When the numbers decrease, that means we are on the right track. When they increase, we must...
Choose To Challenge
Saturday, 6 March 2021, 08:34
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
March 8th is the day when the world celebrates International Women’s Day. The theme chosen this year is “Choose to Challenge”. This theme is very relevant today...
Human rights
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 07:52
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
One of the claims that have been made since the Covid-19 pandemic struck and which seemed to me to be rather curious went as follows: Measures introduced by governments to keep people at home and not...
Zero Enforcement
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 07:33
Last update: about 6 years ago
Michael Briguglio
This article is not about the unfortunate lack of enforcement with regard to some ‘restaurants’ that are acting as hubs for booze gatherings, with no sense of social distancing. Such...