The Marsaxlokk power station and the end of science
Monday, 9 January 2017, 08:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Perhaps, one of the major stories that hit the media before the end of 2016 was the way ERA Board members voted in favour of the new gas-run power station. With the exception of one member, all the...
Suspending yourself on full pay is not disciplinary action
Sunday, 8 January 2017, 11:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
“Suspending yourself on full pay” – this is the new form of disciplinary action reserved for Labour government cronies in the civil service who are caught doing very bad things they...
Juncker’s junket’s coming to town
Sunday, 8 January 2017, 10:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Noel Grima
On Wednesday, the entire European Commission is travelling to Malta to mark the beginning of the six-month Maltese Presidency of the European Council. Although for us this is a memorable event,...
The logic of sustainable development
Sunday, 8 January 2017, 10:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Political discourse is nowadays peppered with the terms ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’ but often, unfortunately, their use is out of context and thereby...
The sentiment on corruption
Saturday, 7 January 2017, 07:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Rachel Borg
There is a growing narrative taking hold that for one reason or another, be it anthropological or historical, natural or acquired, Maltese people are somehow comfortable with the knowledge that...
People have a right to know
Friday, 6 January 2017, 11:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Salvu Mallia
In his first blog of the year, Salvu Mallia challenges the Prime Minister to publish all the contracts related to the new power station project. The people have a right to know what deal was...
The two Mizzis
Friday, 6 January 2017, 08:51
Last update: about 11 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Many readers my age and older remember the British comic duo “The two Ronnies.” This show was very popular in the 1980s. A classic comedy and sketch show featuring Ronnie Barker (who also...
The stewardess and the selfie
Thursday, 5 January 2017, 11:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The compilation of evidence has begun in the case of the two men who allegedly hijacked a Libyan plane, and it is fascinating. Several witnesses testified yesterday, one of them saying that the...
Turf wars
Thursday, 5 January 2017, 08:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alfred Sant
In these six months during which it is at the presidency of the EU, the Malta government’s administrative system must stay on the alert against lack of coordination internally between its own...
17 people who will not be looking forward to ‘17
Wednesday, 4 January 2017, 09:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
As people go about wishing each other wellfor the ‘forthcoming’ Year and some even going asfar as quotingScripture, there are those amongst us who will not be looking at 2017 with too much...