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Near miss – whose fault?

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 08:33 Last update: about 10 years ago

Some days ago, at about 9.00 pm, I witnessed what was nearly a double fatality in Birkirkara Road, Kappara. A driver almost ran over a lady pushing her baby in a pushchair whilst she was crossing the...

The Maltese festa

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 08:32 Last update: about 10 years ago

On the evening of Saturday 27 August, Spinola Bay was subjected to a relentless – and pointless – barrage of petards that lasted 35 minutes, supposedly in honour of a legendary...

What EU bureaucrats fear most

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 08:31 Last update: about 10 years ago

I am now more convinced than ever that the greatest fear gripping the minds of the unelected Brussels bureaucrats is that the UK could, after all, very well make a big success out of its withdrawal...

Joining a fruitful adventure

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 08:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

While joyfully recalling my years as a student of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta, my mind and heart raced back to the following affirmation I heard again and again during my...

Maltese Missionaries

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 08:29 Last update: about 10 years ago

Sr Rachele Agius, along with the community of sisters in Chak, Pakistan, helps many poor people – not only those from Chak but all those who go to her to seek help. Some travel long distances to...

Traffic: And school hasn’t started yet

Saturday, 3 September 2016, 08:27 Last update: about 10 years ago

On Thursday morning, commuters on their way to work from the South had to deviate around most of the centre of Malta, arriving more than an hour late for work. Apparently, the massive traffic jam...

Politics are back

Friday, 2 September 2016, 08:29 Last update: about 11 years ago

With a public discussion being held by the Nationalist Party’s women section this evening at St Paul’s Bay, political activity is back after the summer recess. Even if Parliament will...

Behind the Monti move

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 09:42 Last update: about 11 years ago

On 2 August, GRTU published a statement, unusually in Maltese only. It was disregarded by the English-language papers and to date has not been carried, as far as is known. That was the day when...

Fish farm pollution: Action pledged not a day too soon

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 09:37 Last update: about 11 years ago

The government’s pledge to take concerted action against the pollution emanating from the plethora of fish farms surrounding the Maltese Islands has not come a day too soon. It is, after...

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