Bad governance and corruption go together
Sunday, 21 May 2017, 08:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
It is absolutely amazing how the majority of people of these islands keep focusing their attention on Joseph Muscat even though they know that some of his decisions over the last four years,...
Sicilian copper age hypogea
Sunday, 21 May 2017, 08:18
Last update: about 10 years ago
One day, I would like to visit the late Neolithic hypogeum at Calaforno near Monterosso Almo in Ragusa. The famous Sicilian archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa wrote to me some years ago, saying that it was...
Is the lesser of two evils good enough?
Sunday, 21 May 2017, 07:06
Last update: about 10 years ago
Ivan Grech Mintoff
For decades, the Labour Party represented those that wanted an equal distribution of resources and the Nationalists represented those that wanted tradition and continuity. In the last few elections...
The silent sufferers for democracy
Friday, 19 May 2017, 08:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Anna Cassar
Many years of listening to people's voices as part of my job has sensitized me to the unnoticed pain they withstand as they battle life. My last published newspaper article a few years back,...
Editorial: Who should actually resign over Egrant?
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 10:03
Last update: about 10 years ago
Calls for the Prime Minister’s resignation have come from far and wide practically since the outbreak of the multifaceted Panama Papers-Egrant scandal, which, at least on the surface, is...
Malta’s snap election et al
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 09:45
Last update: about 10 years ago
Ray Bugeja
After barely 4 years in government the Prime Minister called an early election – significantly during Malta’s presidency of the European Union. Why? Was it, as he says, because the...
Making growth sustainable
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 09:30
Last update: about 10 years ago
The past weeks, even before the election was announced, notice was being had of the economic growth that Malta has been registering. The growth has been registered over many months and years and...
Editorial: Malta’s reputation abroad - Send in the troopers
Wednesday, 17 May 2017, 10:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
The penny now seems to have dropped. The finance minister has been sent post-haste to Germany and will call the press to counteract stories that have portrayed Malta in a very bad...