If he had been Borg, we wouldn’t have noticed
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 12:32
Last update: about 12 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
So now we have a fresh, piping-hot scandal on our hands (“another week, another skandlu”). Joseph’s Taghna Lkoll government has left us breathless, but not in the way that he...
Watch it
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 07:46
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
The latest batch of published statistics about economic performance during the first quarter of the year again confirmed the optimism that has gained ground. The rates of growth in a number of sectors...
(Winter) Moods for all seasons
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 13:50
Last update: about 12 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
Who hasn’t heard of the celebrated band Winter Moods? Who hasn’t hummed Marigold or Everlasting or maybe My Neverland at some point in their life? Well a couple of weeks...
The Department of Lands - a scandal
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 08:41
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
The Government is in the middle of another scandal involving its property. It has been reported that a ‘famous’ concrete magnate, by the surname of Gaffarena, made a hefty profit through...
Labour’s attack on education
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 14:17
Last update: about 12 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Labour and education never lived in the same street. Each time it was in government it never placed education as a priority. Worse, it dismantled most of what had been built...
Silly love songs and free falls
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 14:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Gejtu Vella
On the CD player I have“Wings at the Speed of Sound”, released in 1976, playing. Silly Love Songs is on; McCartney is on the bass as the brass pop up to introduce the chorus. The song is a...
Queries
Monday, 8 June 2015, 08:43
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
Beyond the ongoing controversies regarding the proposal to establish a new private University in Malta – some of which are hardly conducted in good faith – how can one arrive at a sensible...
Addressing the environmental deficit
Sunday, 7 June 2015, 14:14
Last update: about 12 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The environmental deficit is constantly on the increase. Each generation creates additional environmental impacts without in any way adequately addressing the accumulated impacts handed down by the...
Christians in Arab Malta
Sunday, 7 June 2015, 14:04
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
The recent demise of Professor Godfrey Wettinger has resuscitated the debate about Christianity in Arab Malta. Ironically, two days before his demise, the Archaeology Society of Malta brought over...