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Incubating Paceville… Looking at the bigger picture

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Chris Borg

The devil is in the detail, the sceptics keep saying. But by starting with a master plan for Paceville, we are effectively incubating one area and carefully following its development, with a view to...

Close to the people I serve

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

We should all be pleased that our work for the elderly has also received international validation. Only a few months ago, the European Union Active Ageing Index showed Malta registering an improved...

A word of thanks to the Gozo general Hospital

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

I imagined my round belly with the navel at its centre under a harsh bright light as a floating orb. Surrounding me was the surgeon and the nurses who came to me like a swarm of honey bees when I...

Busuttil has switched on the PN machine's gear, in reverse

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Just a couple of hours after reading MaltaToday’s latest public opinion survey result, which showed Dr Joseph Muscat holding an eight-point lead over the PN leader, while the PL had marginally...

No boat trailer parking despite new Mgarr slipway

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The government did an excellent job with the regeneration of Zewwieqa Waterfront at Mgarr. This included the construction of a new, well-designed slipway (although a couple of tie up points would be...

An excellent festival

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

I refer to the gratuitous remarks made in an interview last year with Ian Peter Bugeja in FIRST magazine about the Valletta International Baroque Festival and its artistic director Kenneth Zammit...

An open letter to the Superintendent of Cultural Heritage

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

On behalf of Wirt San Ġwann and in my capacity as secretary of this local NGO, I would like to point out that a pillbox in San Ġwann is in danger of being demolished to make way for a...

Sustaining Sports Tourism

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

Last year and the current one are proving to be excellent years for tourism for Malta. The resulting optimism surrounding our tourism industry has been confirmed by several reports and statistics...

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