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Celebrating Gozo and its people

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 08:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

The pride of a community is in its people. The higher they reach in their life’s achievements, the sooner they are cherished as heroes – and not only by their immediate peers or...

Roach coach

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 08:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Timothy Alden

Over the past few months, alarm bells were sounded that we have a little cockroach problem on our public transport system. I initially hesitated in bringing it up, lest it discourage people from using...

Evidence is mounting – emergency contraception

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 08:11 Last update: about 9 years ago Jean Pierre Fava

It has always been evident that the mechanism of action (MoA) of Emergency Contraception Pills (ECPs) prevalently takes post-fertilization pathways, rather than anti-ovulatory ones. This means that...

Love, and do what you will!

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 08:10 Last update: about 9 years ago

Earlier this month, the graduation ceremony for the academic year 2018-2019, presided by Mgr Alessandro d’Errico, Apostolic Nuncio for Malta took place at the Augustinian Institute in...

Too much reliance on automatic systems

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 08:04 Last update: about 9 years ago

The unfortunate accident of Ethiopian Airline Boeing 737 Max last Sunday resulted in the grounding of this type of aircraft. Now, even in the US, despite the US Federal Aviation Administration...

Appreciation Rev. Fr Noel Vella

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 08:04 Last update: about 9 years ago

With deep sadness but with quiet resignation, Fr Noel has left us for a better place at the age of 60. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He was an inspiration to us all as a person and as...

TMID Editorial: HIV - Education key to destroy the stigma

Saturday, 23 March 2019, 10:37 Last update: about 9 years ago

This week’s edition of Indepth – our weekly interview programme – was filmed in a somewhat different format.  The guest remained anonymous – he spoke from behind a Perspex...

The working poor – minimum wage earners

Saturday, 23 March 2019, 09:21 Last update: about 9 years ago

A lot of us have got used to propaganda that we are living in the best of times. However, official statistics may show otherwise. Recently, a report issued by a European Union agency revealed that...

Fair is foul and foul is fair

Saturday, 23 March 2019, 09:19 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

Last Saturday marked 17 months since the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has promised that “no stone would be left unturned.” Three men have...

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