Innovation: status quo not an option
Sunday, 3 February 2019, 10:05
Last update: about 9 years ago
Philip Micallef
When it comes to innovation, there is no such thing as a status quo - you either improve or decline relative to everyone else, and sitting in a comfort zone for too long could prove...
Land reclamation and renewable energy
Sunday, 3 February 2019, 09:48
Last update: about 9 years ago
Over recent years, Maltese governments have pushed strongly to increase the use of renewable energy. We know that for decades, our country was completed reliant on oil to generate electricity. Over...
Our heavily redacted hospital contracts
Sunday, 3 February 2019, 09:44
Last update: about 9 years ago
Michael Asciak
In 2015, then Health Minister Konrad Mizzi gave a concession for the running of three of our hospitals, St Luke's Karen Grech and Craig Hospital in Gozo to a company called Vitals Global Healthcare...
Implementing plans and pledges
Sunday, 3 February 2019, 09:04
Last update: about 9 years ago
Justyne Caruana
We all know through experience that dreams and ideas can be attractive, plans and pledges innovative, but it is the commitment to implement them in a disciplined manner that finally leads to...
Commuting in the future
Sunday, 3 February 2019, 08:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
George M Mangion
Landing at Schiphol airport to attend a blockchain conference, I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by a fleet of all electric (Tesla) taxis waiting silently to pick up passengers. Airport...
TMID Editorial: Court ruling - Simon Busuttil’s fight
Friday, 1 February 2019, 09:51
Last update: about 9 years ago
Simon Busuttil does not want to give up his fight. The Nationalist MP says he is considering taking his battle to Europe after the Maltese courts - not once, not twice, but three times - turned...
The storm clouds gather
Friday, 1 February 2019, 09:17
Last update: about 9 years ago
The storm clouds gather. Or possibly, I may be deluding myself. The storm is already well upon us. Last week New York passed a new "Reproductive Health Act"legalising abortion up to birth. Until...
Finding the right work-life balance
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 10:55
Last update: about 9 years ago
David Casa
This will remain one of the more memorable weeks of my European Parliamentary career. Following many months of gruelling negotiations with the Council of Ministers we reached a provisional agreement...