TMID Editorial: AUM saga - Where has the government gone?
Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 09:45
Last update: about 10 years ago
Have you noticed how silent the government has remained amid the ongoing AUM saga? One might ask: is this the same government that had announced the ‘massive investment’ with such...
The digital year
Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 08:44
Last update: about 10 years ago
Silvio Schembri
The year we have just saluted brought about significant changes in technology. 2017 was indeed an important year for digital transformation; it has laid the groundwork for the exciting opportunities...
TMID Editorial: Influenza - Scenes of an ordinary apocalypse
Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 09:42
Last update: about 10 years ago
On Sunday evening, people returning home from their Sunday outings must have seen the incredible amount of ambulances on the main roads. One assumes they were called out to take people to...
TMID Editorial: Big hype projects turn into white elephants
Monday, 8 January 2018, 09:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
All of a sudden, these last past weeks, some government-helped projects have suddenly turned into white elephants. The much-vaunted PPP between government and Vitals regarding three key hospitals...
The elderly, hipsters and agriculture
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 09:04
Last update: about 10 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
When I was a boy, Rete 4 used to broadcast a Japanese animated series called Star Blazers. It featured the sunken WWII battleship Yamato – ‘Yamato’, Japan’s traditional name,...
Malta’s future has to be digital
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 09:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Philip Micallef
In a global and connected world, no country can improve the competitivity of its industry and the standard of living of its citizens without digitally transforming its economy and society at large....
Who should we sacrifice for the New Year?
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 09:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Colette Sciberras
Public sacrifices once had an important part to play in politics. I can’t pretend to know what it was like, but I imagine it to be similar to that episode in Game of Thrones, when we watched a...