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Religion – a purely geographic coincidence

Sunday, 11 October 2015, 09:05 Last update: about 12 years ago

Have you ever wondered why you were brought up in your particular religion, whichever that might be? In all probability the particular society in which you grew up adheres to the same faith and has...

The secret of happiness

Sunday, 11 October 2015, 09:04 Last update: about 12 years ago

The sweetness of her name shows the inner sweetness of her heart. Hers was not the sensual sweetness which is manipulated by the pathological way of seeking and giving love in...

World Mental Health Day: People should not suffer in silence

Saturday, 10 October 2015, 08:18 Last update: about 12 years ago

Today is World Mental Health Day. When most people think of this commemorative day, their mind tends to go towards those people who have some form of a mental or intellectual disability. But the truth...

Traffic: We must plan for the long-term future

Friday, 9 October 2015, 11:08 Last update: about 12 years ago

It is most certainly time to plan for the future. Malta needs a long-term traffic management plan. Aside from the usual stop gap measures, such as building flyovers, underpasses and incentivising...

Traffic congestion: Beyond perception and beyond politics

Thursday, 8 October 2015, 11:27 Last update: about 12 years ago

The justice minister, standing in for the travelling transport minister during Tuesday’s surprise parliamentary debate on the national traffic plague, had the good sense to acknowledge that the...

The Rome conversations that led to an iconic monument

Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 15:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

It was around the turn of a century, 1900 that a student from Gozo was sent to study at the Gregorian University. The fact that he was sent there already shows he was marked for a great...

Safety: We are always wise in hindsight

Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 09:43 Last update: about 12 years ago

The charity event Paqpaqli ghal istrina quickly turned into a nightmare as a car tore through a flimsy set of barricades and into a throng of people. 26 people were injured, five of them critically,...

Parliament: The House convenes again

Monday, 5 October 2015, 09:44 Last update: about 12 years ago

After a rather inordinate Summer Recess, the House of Representatives reconvenes again this evening. We had got rather used to silence from that part of the nation, and, before that, we had got...

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