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The proposed tunnel is not a solution, it is a problem

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 11:03 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The proposed tunnel below the seabed linking Malta and Gozo will have considerable negative impacts on both Gozo and Malta. The most obvious is the generation of around one and a half million cubic...

Franco Debono, Pawlu Lia and the Venice Commission

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 10:36 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Both film buffs and those who are only superficially interested in cinema know that the major theme of classic Western movies was the imposition of law on a state of lawlessness. It was the retelling...

Oh look crime does pay. And if not just say it’s personal

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 10:14 Last update: about 6 years ago Victor Calleja

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Abraham and his madness to even contemplate taking his son to be sacrificed. A few took me to task screaming that I am a horrible human being. Then, out of the...

Changing attitudes in travel

Saturday, 2 February 2019, 09:26 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

Before our islands push heavily forward with fancy projects of little authenticity and demand  in the tourism sector, they ought to analyse the reality a bit more closely to see if what they are...

Should Manuel Delia’s ghosts silence him?

Sunday, 27 January 2019, 12:08 Last update: about 6 years ago Victor Calleja

There are many stories which feature ghosts. Whether we believe in them or not,they always seem to have an effect on us. They come back to haunt us and shake us out of our comfort zones. Manuel...

New economy, traditional economy and collapse

Sunday, 20 January 2019, 10:40 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

'Best in Europe', 'Envy of the World' ... grandiloquent slogans intended to beguile the masses and bypass the thinking classes who can clearly see through the sham....

Infrastructure Malta is missing the real alternative

Sunday, 20 January 2019, 10:02 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The studies forming part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the Central Link project dealing with the road infrastructure between Mrieħel and Attard has just been published. Public...

Leaving people in the dark

Sunday, 20 January 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

I don't usually watch Xarabank but I made an exception this week and watched the one featuring Adrian Delia....

If for nothing else do it for the kids

Sunday, 20 January 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Victor Calleja

The idea of God - any god - has always frightened me. Is he really there? Are we just his playthings? Is he - or she or it or they - just a fairy-tale we fabricated to make our life easier and more...

Spinning out of control

Friday, 17 October 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

You have to hand it to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. He is a pro at covering incompetence, creating excuses and spinning his storylines. When the electoral campaign kicked off in January 2013,...

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