Is the government making good for its environmental errors?
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 09:06
Last update: about 11 years ago
From the Zonqor Point controversy to its support for spring hunting and autumn trapping, and from the use of Outside Development Zone land to the demerger of the former Malta Environment and Planning...
Hand-picked investigations
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 07:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Allow me to remind Prime Minister Joseph Muscat that it is highly unethical to have chosen a well-known Mintoffian (such as former judge Philip Sciberras), as one of the trio supposed to...
War threatened with Russia?
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 07:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Russia’s barbaric bombing of civilians in Syria, under strict orders from Vladimir Putin, has prompted condemnation from the United States of America, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. The...
One day at a time
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 07:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
In recent days I have had the joy of coming across a popular country-and-western-style Christian song, composed by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson, entitled One Day at a Time. This great song,...
The hidden God and his inscrutable ways
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 07:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
My sole intention is to stem Mr John Guillaumier’s intolerable amount of acerbic and hostile comments, tirades and innuendos against the Church and anything holy. This however should be done in...
Throw-away morality
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 07:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
Archbishop Charles Scicluna has described euthanasia and the morning-after pill as reflections of today’s ‘throw-away culture’. We do indeed live in an American-style throw-away...
Agree to disagree
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 07:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
The first major step towards church unity on an international level started in the beginning of the 1900s, but Vatican II was the real drive of the ecumenical movement, with the pilgrim Pope Paul VI...
Simon Busuttil’s bitterness to the fore, once again
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 07:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
The Leader of the Opposition’s reaction to the budget speech once again exposed his political bitterness at seeing this government’s ever-increasing success in so many sectors. Political...
Editorial: Politics - Respecting the media
Saturday, 22 October 2016, 09:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
It has become a habit for this government to call a press conference minutes before it is due to start. With traffic being what it is – we do not own helicopters – it is hard to arrive in...
The natural land is more important than the birds
Saturday, 22 October 2016, 07:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
Don't get me wrong. Birds should be protected and since enforcement has been beefed up, it is a joy to see herons and birds of prey flying freely. And enforcement has made a difference. We should...