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Trying to buy Tallinja cards and uncouth bus drivers

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

We are German tourists visiting Malta to learn English, and we would like to register a complaint about your public transport system. Firstly, it has proved to be nearly impossible to buy a...

The radical Jeremy Corbyn leads the battle

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

Britain is in the grip of election fever once again and nobody knows where it will lead. The Opposition Labour Party - the party of Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and Tony Blair - believe (or fear)...

Can the biblical God be violent?

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

Usually, people rightly ask: "How come that God, who is so merciful, kills people in the Bible?" If one reads carefully the thorny texts of, for instance, the Flood (Gn 6); the destruction...

Illiteracy is the greatest scourge

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

I am a Maltese missionary working in Pakistan. Our ministry, as Sisters of Charity, is mainly in the fields of education, health and social work. We pay many visits to families to strengthen them in...

Freedom to offend or offending freedom of speech?

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 09:29 Last update: about 12 years ago

Last January, the world recoiled in horror over the Charlie Hebdo massacre, perpetrated by Islamic extremists because of the newspaper’s portrayals of the prophet Mohammed. Facebook statuses and...

The Baħnanisation of the Maltese language

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

During the ongoing debate on the Maltese language, Albert Borg attacked Henry Frendo on his choice of words in his books on history. Whereas there is no doubt in my mind that Professor Frendo needs...

Abortion and public morality

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Michael Asciak

A couple of weeks ago, a member of the youth executive of the PN suggested that abortion should become available to women who felt the personal need to resort to it. The party leadership rightly...

Problem solved

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

I refer to the letter entitled "Tallinja: Taking us for a ride" (TMIS, 2 August). Malta Public Transport identified the problem and the card has been delivered. The company would like to apologise for...

Power cuts: Ensuring balance in energy provision

Saturday, 8 August 2015, 08:13 Last update: about 12 years ago

The reactions which spread like wildfire on Thursday as soon as a massive power cut spread across Malta were rabid and over the top, fuelled no doubt by the intense heat which people deprived of...

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