The language question
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 08:09
Last update: about 9 years ago
Timothy Alden
Recently, a debate has materialised around the fact that there are plans to introduce school classes to teach the Maltese language to foreigners. The government has since clarified that this option...
The right to harass politicians
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 08:05
Last update: about 9 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Somebody close to the PN told me recently that a feisty young person who decided she had the right, as a voter, to harass politicians, filmed Clyde Puli while he was quietly sipping a coffee and...
Gozo tunnel: to bore or not to bore
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 07:56
Last update: about 9 years ago
George M Mangion
A recent announcement by the government stated that a future undersea tunnel is being studied and most likely its route will start in Manikata and end somewhere in Nadur, Gozo - a stretch of 13...
Better roads mean safer travelling
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 07:29
Last update: about 9 years ago
I refer to the extensive report on road safety carried in your newspaper 8 April. It is unfortunate that the report completely ignores important national and international data. Malta has one of...
Who is taking whom for dummies?
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 07:26
Last update: about 9 years ago
For years prior to PL's victory in 2013, a number of companies making up Keith Schembri's business empire consistently posted losses. Then Mr Schembri had the whistle blown on him in the Panama...
Putin: Could he be the ‘Prince of Rosh’?
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 07:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
A stunning and wide-ranging prophecy, one of the longest in the entire Bible, is recorded in the Book of Ezekiel, in 600 BC. This prophecy in Ezekiel 38:8 says: "After many days thou shalt be visited:...
‘The Island’: a movie to watch
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 07:09
Last update: about 9 years ago
This holy Easter period has been particularly blessed for me. A group of friends encouraged me to watch the Russian film The Island, or остров (Ostrov) in...
A gross travesty of human dignity
Sunday, 15 April 2018, 07:07
Last update: about 9 years ago
Michael Asciak
The government has just published the amendments to the Embryo Protection Act with the sole aim of not only dismantling this Act and the protection of human life that it provides, but also aims to...
TMID Editorial: Census - Is the Church becoming irrelevant?
Saturday, 14 April 2018, 09:27
Last update: about 9 years ago
A detailed research exercise carried out by the curia has confirmed that church attendance has decreased further, which is not at all surprising. The research, published earlier this week, found...
TMID Editorial - Poverty: The economy and the person
Friday, 13 April 2018, 12:18
Last update: about 9 years ago
The Prime Minister may have been too busy tweeting about bocci or suffering from jetlag following his visit to Australia to notice a story that appeared in the local media, one which shocked people of...