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The music of the night

Sunday, 7 July 2019, 10:08 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Satellite photographs clearly indicate the extent of light pollution in Malta: it is comparable to that in most urban areas in the European continent. As a result, the music of the night is made...

Why are we delusional?

Sunday, 7 July 2019, 08:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

We, the country of amazing minds and super-mega achievements, live two realities: the local one, a huge bubble of grandeur and the other beyond our shores. There, away from the coddling embrace of our...

Losing out in Brussels

Sunday, 7 July 2019, 08:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

It has been a memorable, momentous week in the EU and, even so, the final outcome is not over yet. As a country, we are parched of real information in real time of what is happening where it...

Time for a Hail Mary

Saturday, 6 July 2019, 08:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

The most sensitive point for people who look to the opposition now, is the feeling of abandonment, of not having anyone there to do some good, to stand up for what is right and speak the truth. ...

Our heritage acclaimed

Friday, 5 July 2019, 07:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

Positive responses received worldwide to Heritage Malta sites and museums led to awards given by TripAdvisor and TripExpert – responses based on the positive comments of 1.5 million professional...

Cancer cures

Thursday, 4 July 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

A friend of mine is once again in the grip of a cancer he had believed he was cured of. This time though he found in a European country a treatment designed to counter the problem that had...

Nothing to report

Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 09:21 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

On June 12th the Planning Authority’s Annual Report was issued. The document, presented by the PA CEO and Chairman of the Executive Council Johann Buttigieg, makes for some rather uninformative...

The public good

Monday, 1 July 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

At times when the economy is running very well, which is Malta’s case as of now, it would seem that to worry about safeguarding the public good is less than useful. Personally I think the...

Creating a new Constitution

Sunday, 30 June 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Trade union representatives have recently been invited to participate in discussions on a new constitutional document and I am very interested to know what they will propose. Will they propose...

The never-ending story?

Sunday, 30 June 2019, 10:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

The other day, a bright young TV presenter was publicly asking how and why the media seems so hooked on this never-ending story of the PN crisis in the aftermath of the recent electoral debacles, when...

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