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Investing in our children’s future

Friday, 17 April 2020, 07:04 Last update: about 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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...

Will there be a cure?

Monday, 13 April 2020, 07:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I got an anxious call from a person who asked: Will there be a cure? Much research is being done to discover how we can best control corona virus, with a chemical concoction that is being...

Easter Order

Sunday, 12 April 2020, 10:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Whether you believe in the historicity of Jesus’ Resurrection or not is a private matter, a matter for your conscience. The admonition (made to Thomas) that those who believe without seeing are...

Solidarity is not on quarantine

Sunday, 12 April 2020, 10:24 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The COVID-19 outbreak has changed what we are worrying about. Old problems are still around but their relative importance has been overshadowed by the current crisis. Our health, both individual and...

When I’m blooming 64

Sunday, 12 April 2020, 08:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

When I was young and hopeful, old age seemed like a planet in a galaxy a few billion light years away. Back then the Beatles reigned over the pop world and sang a silly ditty about being 64. Back...

Conjunction of dates

Sunday, 12 April 2020, 08:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

There are years when they come separately. This year they coincide. The huge moon in a cloudless sky, which the Jews believe was sent by God to help them escape. Hence Passover celebrated by Jews...

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