The ambiguities of life
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 11:06
Last update: about 8 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
You are a regular person, minding your own business at home, and suddenly your house collapses on you, and you lose your life. In a most unbearably light manner; even an inmate on death row is...
Socks in one’s mouth
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 10:32
Last update: about 8 years ago
Charles Flores
Aesop’s ancient fable about the goose that laid the golden eggs has had numerous versions in different languages over the centuries, with subsequent translations sometimes substituting the goose...
The architect-developer
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 10:13
Last update: about 8 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The death of Miriam Pace buried in the ruins of her collapsed Hamrun home as a direct result of building works in hand in an adjacent property has shocked the nation. The theatrics of Ian Borg,...
We still allow human sacrifice to greedy gods
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 09:11
Last update: about 8 years ago
Victor Calleja
The giant crane moves slowly, ever so slowly. The wind shakes it but it keeps steady on its concrete platform. The excavator does what it was created to do and bores deep into the ground. Our...
Facing the horsemen of the Apocalypse
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 09:10
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
It is difficult not to feel sympathy for Robert Abela these days. After a reign of one and a half terms with Joseph Muscat at the helm with a booming economy, an ever increasing number of jobs, a...
Desperation
Saturday, 7 March 2020, 08:55
Last update: about 8 years ago
Rachel Borg
Desperation. Nothing but frustrating, furious, angry and sad desperation has gripped us all now. The feeling is a collective one. Some feel it and keep quiet because they want to...
Migration crises in the making
Friday, 6 March 2020, 13:06
Last update: about 8 years ago
Peter Agius
In a message from Brussels, MEP candidate Peter Agius explains that thousands of migrants are presently at the border with Greece and Bulgaria after declarations by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan that...
Strengthening two pillars of our society
Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:37
Last update: about 8 years ago
Owen Bonnici
The European Commission’s ‘Country Report Malta 2020’, published on the 26th of February gives a thorough look at Malta’s performance in various sectors, including education...
Gender quotas
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 08:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
That agreement has been reached between the government and the opposition on the measures to be introduced in order to ensure a progressively greater participation of women in political office, was...