Equity, prudence and mercy
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 09:52
Last update: about 12 years ago
Michael Asciak
If ever there were three virtues that are needed in moral philosophy today, I guess that the three bearing the title to this article would be them. The first virtue, Equity, has its roots not only in...
Erdogan’s change of heart
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 08:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
Before the Syrian war erupted, almost four years ago, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK – an extreme nationalist group that has a long history of committing acts of terrorism against...
An appeal to generous hearts
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 08:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
I, Sr Gaetana, together with Sr Seraphina, would like to thank all those who are helping the Mission Fund who in turn help us missionaries in India where the needs of the poor are great. Sr...
The birth and success of the Budapest cycling movement
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 08:56
Last update: about 12 years ago
The Hungarian Cyclists’ Club began functioning in January 2006. Why exactly at that time? Well, this was the time when the Critical Mass movement became so big and strong that a professional...
Tweaking the rules of Maltese spelling
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 08:54
Last update: about 12 years ago
Without entering into the polemic about the merits or demerits of the Kunsill tal-Malti, I feel that the three objections raised by most correspondents need clarification. First of all, the case of...
Financial scandals: Shape up or businesses will ship out
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 09:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
With financial scandal after financial scandal coming to light over recent weeks – from Mafia clans having used Maltese to launder untold millions in proceeds of crime, to false companies being...
Environment: What climate change?
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 08:29
Last update: about 12 years ago
The weather Malta has been experiencing over the past week or so is uncannily weird. We have been prone to the occasional spattering of rain around Santa Marija weekend in the past, but the likes of...
Law and order: The jungle that Paceville has become
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 09:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
Every summer it happens. Residents of St Julian’s and Swieqi are subjected to behaviour that results in their cars being damaged, their properties being violated and defaced, sleep patterns are...
Ostriches And HIV
Monday, 22 January 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
I write in reply to Marisa Micallef’s article Bird flu or AIDS (TMID, 15 January), in which she states that the Maltese are among the least well-informed about AIDS and HIV and that “the powers to be want it to stay that way.”...