Saving Maltese lives first and foremost
Sunday, 19 April 2020, 10:06
Last update: about 7 years ago
Charles Flores
To describe it as some kind of Hobson’s choice would be rather naïve. The immigration crisis that is occurring in the very middle of the Mediterranean is like a stellar black hole, a big...
Land of sour milk and poisoned honey
Sunday, 19 April 2020, 09:26
Last update: about 7 years ago
Victor Calleja
We are all cretins. Inhumane and racist. Or many of us are. And the ones who never speak up are just as cretinous and despicable. The ones who say “yes it’s wrong to let them drown...
The Covid perfect storm
Sunday, 19 April 2020, 08:16
Last update: about 7 years ago
Noel Grima
I have my own, possibly skewed or even biased, interpretation of what happened within our people these past days. Ever since the virus pandemic made it to our shores our total attention was...
Back to the future
Saturday, 18 April 2020, 08:21
Last update: about 7 years ago
Rachel Borg
What shocked us most about the mysterious Covid19 virus was the way in which it was able to take a whole world, with its massive activities on land, sea and sky and take all people and places into...
Investing in our children’s future
Friday, 17 April 2020, 07:04
Last update: about 7 years ago
Owen Bonnici
So much debate and discussion around education focuses on innovation and technology, but decades of research also reveals simple interventions that can change a child’s life. An essay...
New York
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 08:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alfred Sant
Since the corona virus pandemic started rolling, I believe the most disturbing photo about its impact that I have seen up to now was done by a drone. It shows a long wide trench. In it, coffins were...
Towards economic recovery?
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 06:38
Last update: about 7 years ago
Michael Briguglio
The Coronavirus crisis is a global health, economic and social crisis. It may very well be the case that the real number of cases around the world is much higher than the already increasing number...
Probably
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 07:16
Last update: about 7 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
As we sit patiently and watch the update provided to us by Prof. Charmaine Gauci, the Superintendent of Public Health, we are dying to hear her say that it’s all over and; we can party and eat...