Simon’s choices
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 11:35
Last update: about 13 years ago
Stephen Calleja
It took Joseph Muscat three weeks to fire Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia after his driver’s involvement in a shooting incident. Shooting in the direction of a human being in a car, not at...
Renzo and Lawrence, ‘I’m no pigeon’!
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
On Monday our attention was taken up by the inauguration of the controversial architectural design of Renzo Piano dedicated to host the foremost institution of this country. Parliament for...
An open challenge by Fr Montebello
Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 08:18
Last update: about 13 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Fr Mark Montebello’s blessing of the rings of a gay couple landed him in yet another fix. He is once again the talk of the town and making news. Whether this is for good reason or otherwise is...
Lawrence Gonzi
Monday, 4 May 2015, 09:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Stephen Calleja
History is being and will continue to be much kinder to Lawrence Gonzi than reality was at the time he was prime minister. Matters are much clearer with the benefit of hindsight, and a distanced...
An open letter to Hani Salah
Monday, 4 May 2015, 08:42
Last update: about 13 years ago
Marlene Farrugia
Dear Hani Salah, I wish to thank you for selecting my country for your intended substantial investment. Your faith in our government as well as in the hospitality of the Maltese...
The national chain’s weakest link
Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:42
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
Beyond the normal partisan dialectic, it is useful to get down to the real grass roots of the country and take the temperature. One finds, from experience, that our national democracy is flimsy...
Miss Sai Gone but Mister Konrad No Crai
Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:41
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
It’s all over social media: Miss Sai Gone. And gone she is, on €13,000 a month and with nothing to show for it. It’s tempting to get stuck on the money and that she’s done no...
We do not live in a post-anything
Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:38
Last update: about 13 years ago
Jenny Pullicino Orlando
Many things have happened in the last few weeks that have roused our political sensibilities; 800 migrants, people, perished in our graveyard sea, bringing this year’s death toll in the...
The costs of air pollution
Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:36
Last update: about 13 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) report published earlier this week entitled Economic cost of the health impact of air pollution in Europe. Clean air, health and wealth is an eye-opener to many who...