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The gentle, unassuming giant

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 10:56 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

It must have been three or so years ago, in late October. I, along with a group of interested persons, climbed the Nuffara hill in Gozo, across the valley from Xaghra, led by an agile and nimble,...

A stinking amnesty

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 10:37 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The planning amnesty which Parliamentary Secretary Deborah Schembri launched last week to regularise development illegalities that cannot be addressed through a proper application of planning policies...

A moment in time

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 09:42 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

I am duty and ethically bound to steer clear of the current situation concerning the scheduling or rescheduling of television programmes on the public stations, something from which I hope I can be...

Taking stock of tourism in Malta

Saturday, 3 September 2016, 08:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

Nothing serves better to stimulate our appreciation of travel and the functioning of the destination for visitors and locals, than, of course, a trip abroad. Not that we are without comments or...

Not my minion

Friday, 2 September 2016, 08:26 Last update: about 9 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Muscat and his friends do not like my guts. They’re not particularly keen about this newspaper, either. Castille employs a man, officially to answer PQs, but who instead spends the day...

Flawed logic and public holidays

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 09:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Flawed logic is the root cause of many things that go wrong in this country (the other root causes are avariciousness, spite, ignorance and stupidity, but then they are all interlinked), and once more...

Gozo tourism

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 08:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

There is much satisfaction in Gozo (as in Malta) about how well this year’s tourist season has done… or is still doing. Many targets were reached, indeed exceeded. One temptation is...

Lowest turnout in 2018 election

Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Stephen Calleja

We’re still months away from the general election, but my gut feeling is that we will have the lowest voter turnout in recent political history. Since Independence, we have had 11...

Asking the right questions

Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 07:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A couple of questions come to mind as I browse through the news portals. Earthquake A couple of days ago we woke up to another natural disaster, this time an earthquake in...

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