TMIS Editorial: Elections, surveys and advantages
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 10:30
Last update: about 5 years ago
The election hype is mounting again, in similar fashion as it did towards the end of summer last year. That time, it was the Nationalist Party, which was pushing the idea of a November election,...
‘Il-forma tal-ilma’
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 09:30
Last update: about 5 years ago
Good whodunnit stories have always been very popular with us Maltese. We tend to devour the various detective and thriller novels, and many of us - let's be honest - are addicted to detective series...
The proof that St Paul really came to Malta
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 09:27
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
In 2010 Malta celebrated the 1,950th anniversary of St Paul's shipwreck on the shores of Malta. It was also the year of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI also celebrating the shipwreck...
The man who is bringing an international Classic to Teatru Manoel
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 08:55
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mario Philip Azzopardi, the outspoken and, at times, controversial writer and director, first saw the play in English 30 years ago in Munich. "I still remember how I felt leaving the theatre, and it's...
Diary by SIMON BARTOLO: The pandemic? Not very pleasant for some
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 08:49
Last update: about 5 years ago
"When I returned to Malta in 2017, the plan was to work as a full-time writer. I put my plan into action the following year and for a while the plan worked. I became my own boss, and I was a harsh...
Femicide is rearing its head in Malta too
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 07:54
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark Said
Every year an average of 66,000 women are violently killed globally, accounting for approximately 17% of all victims of intentional homicides. In Britain, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab aims to put...
Fine-tuning plea bargaining legislation
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 07:53
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark Said
Way back in August of 2011, Dr Josè Herrera, reacting to the introduction of the institute of plea bargaining into the Criminal Code through article 453A, had rightly remarked how the amendment...