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Graduands and snobbish professional discrimination

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 09:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Michael Asciak

A few days ago, during one of the graduation ceremonies for students in BSc. (Hons) Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aeronautic and Marine) from the University College of the Malta College of Arts...

Health hazards of mobile phones

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 09:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

Last May, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the USA issued a preliminary report on a study that produced unexpected results on mobile phone safety. The study, which exposed rodents to...

Of sheep on the front line

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 09:38 Last update: about 11 years ago

Along with the majority of Catholics in Malta in March of last year, I had that joyful feeling following the appointment of Archbishop Charles Scicluna in March of last year. This coincided with the...

No peace with swords

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 09:36 Last update: about 11 years ago

At Christmas time, we hear a lot of talk about peace on earth, and about "baby" Jesus, the "Prince of Peace". Christians ascribe to him verses in the Hebrew scriptures which supposedly...

Straight to the point

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 09:35 Last update: about 11 years ago

I’m afraid Mr. Guillaumier is wasting his time because he is not humble enough to ask, like a minister of Candace, queen of Ethiopia, Philip….( Acts 8.26-40)  “Why, how can I...

Editorial: No place for the Babe

Saturday, 17 December 2016, 09:29 Last update: about 11 years ago

It seems strange until someone points it out: there is no Crib in the entire Valletta except for a rather sketchy one in Palace Square. They say there are 365 churches in Malta, one for every...

Editorial: The bulk buying scheme - Things worth remembering

Friday, 16 December 2016, 10:32 Last update: about 11 years ago

A few days ago we were inundated with photos and memories of the Tal-Barrani events and later of the Raymond Caruana violent death on the 30th anniversary of the happenings. There is another...

Editorial: Humanitarian corridor - Aleppo’s civilians

Thursday, 15 December 2016, 10:32 Last update: about 11 years ago

The situation in Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo is now beyond desperate, and judging from eyewitness accounts and the frantic pleas from within what remains of the city that have inundated our...

Things come in threes for Air Malta

Thursday, 15 December 2016, 10:12 Last update: about 11 years ago

Even though it was coated with treacle and painted as a development, Air Malta's retreat from Frankfurt, one of the first routes opened by the airline in the 1970s was welcomed by shock and...

Things come in threes for Air Malta

Thursday, 15 December 2016, 09:10 Last update: about 11 years ago

Even though it was coated with treacle and painted as a development, Air Malta's retreat from Frankfurt, one of the first routes opened by the airline in the 1970s was welcomed by shock and...

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