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TMID Editorial: We want our forts back

Saturday, 27 May 2023, 08:46 Last update: about 4 years ago

In the list of most absurd responses by a government minister in the past decade, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri’s replies to this newspaper on Thursday surely rank quite high up. Asked...

TMID Editorial: Road safety

Friday, 26 May 2023, 12:17 Last update: about 4 years ago

Road safety must be a priority.  We have witnessed, over the past weeks, a number of traffic accidents where people suffered injuries, or worse, lost their lives. Here are just a few of the...

How are families changing?

Thursday, 25 May 2023, 10:45 Last update: about 4 years ago Renee Laiviera

Over the years, the family, considered the natural and fundamental group unit of society, has changed in its formation and structure. There can be various reasons behind these changes, including...

TMID Editorial: Preserving the Maltese language

Thursday, 25 May 2023, 10:06 Last update: about 4 years ago

What President George Vella said a few weeks ago underscores a growing concern that the Maltese language is being lost, or at least not being given the importance that it deserves. “If...

Malta's Smooth Radio keeps on growing

Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 13:51 Last update: about 4 years ago

Radio presenter Micky Gavin is joining Malta's Smooth Radio to host Saturday mornings starting this weekend. Micky moves to Smooth from Scotland's biggest radio stations, Clyde 1, Forth 1 and...

TMID Editorial: It’s true – ‘Xebbajtuna’

Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 09:05 Last update: about 4 years ago

On Saturday, a number of organisations and individuals will be holding a protest in Valletta. The activists will be calling form urgent changes in planning policies, in the way the authorities...

TMID Editorial: Mental wellbeing

Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 10:05 Last update: about 4 years ago

Mental wellbeing is something which many people don’t really pay enough attention to. We tend not to realise the toll that our surroundings and every day experiences have on us. This week...

TMID Editorial: Regularising the irregular

Monday, 22 May 2023, 12:31 Last update: about 4 years ago

It doesn’t need much for one to tell what the situation is when it comes to construction development in Malta. News in the past few weeks only continues to confirm the obvious: that there...

Pigging-it at the trough

Sunday, 21 May 2023, 10:16 Last update: about 4 years ago

Newspapers, local TV, radio and... of course social media have all been full of it. It... being the determination of just about everybody, from "persons of trust" via "soldiers of steel" through...

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