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Smart

Monday, 7 September 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Should we not have at long last a clear account of where the Smart City project has gotten to? Over the years, we were told so much about it. Beautiful promises and prospects were flashed at us...

The day that public opinion shifted

Sunday, 6 September 2015, 11:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I saw the photograph of Aylan Kurdi, 3, being carried by a Turkish gendarme, in the International New York Times on Thursday morning and at first I did not realise what it signified. Was the boy...

The real lessons from the human tidal wave

Sunday, 6 September 2015, 11:09 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

The images and the impressions of the past days keep mounting, cancelling each other, changing by the minute, or according to where one is focusing. It seems it is only now that Europe as a whole has...

Transport planning: a long-term view required

Sunday, 6 September 2015, 10:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The pre-budget document for 2016 published by the Finance Ministry projects a real GDP increase of 3.2 per cent during the year 2016, yet at least half of this projected increase will be wiped out as...

Rice and Education

Saturday, 5 September 2015, 09:17 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

There is a growing tendency amongst the Maltese to throw money at every cause and charity they can think of.  Generosity and solidarity are, of course, a good thing.  But when they are used...

American University at Dock 1 in Cospicua

Friday, 4 September 2015, 12:19 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The fact that the Government decided to split the American University Campus into two - one at Cospicuaand another at Marsascala - makes partial sense. I am using the adjective “partial”as...

Political bullying tactics

Friday, 4 September 2015, 09:27 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

One of the earliest signs of a society’s compliance with creeping authoritarianism is when a government favours or directly encourages a campaign aimed at destroying the dignity and reputation...

All they need is good manners and good English

Thursday, 3 September 2015, 14:35 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Economy Minister threw a press conference – we’re talking about somebody who parties relentlessly, so ‘throw’ seems like the appropriate verb to use, even though there were...

Colonoscopy in Gozo

Thursday, 3 September 2015, 10:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

For sure, one cannot but agree with all worthwhile initiatives undertaken to generate new activity in Gozo. Meanwhile, one certainly cannot be impressed by the Opposition’s criticism regarding...

Not just any dad

Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 12:02 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Probably one of the toughest yet most under-valued ‘jobs’ in the world is being a dad and you come to realize what a difficult task it is once you become one yourself.   I recall...

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