Cherishing the first half of the Holy Week
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 11:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Now that the Holy Week has started, precisely on Palm Sunday, it is important to see how the liturgy, especially the office of readings, helps us appreciate all the more the powerful...
TMID Editorial: Justices delayed is justice ensured
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 11:17
Last update: about 9 years ago
The adage goes to the effect that justice delayed is justice denied, but with the government apparently about to make a number of judicial appointments before it implements the Venice...
TMID Editorial: Infrastructure - Deaths on the road
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 12:51
Last update: about 9 years ago
It has long been a hallowed Maltese tradition that a new road needs to be ‘christened’ with blood before it can really be used. Whether true or not, the past weekend has been a really...
On air quality
Monday, 15 April 2019, 10:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
David Casa
Air pollution is a hidden killer that is getting more lethal by the day. It is all around us and nobody is safe from it. It is worrying to know that Malta suffers some of the worst air pollution in...
TMID Editorial: Greasing palms Sunday
Monday, 15 April 2019, 10:19
Last update: about 9 years ago
Liturgically speaking, it was Palm Sunday yesterday. But in Malta's convoluted media, it was more like Greasing palms Sunday. The day began with a vicious spat between two of Malta's three...
TMIS Editorial: A year and a half and still no answers
Sunday, 14 April 2019, 11:19
Last update: about 9 years ago
Next week will mark a year and a half since the page opposite this leading article has had new inhabitants. You see, this space next to our Sunday editorial was almost always reserved for Daphne...
Gozo – the national dimension
Sunday, 14 April 2019, 09:43
Last update: about 9 years ago
Justyne Caruana
I am frequently reminded of what economist Ernst F. Schumacher said and meant with his phrase: 'small is beautiful', which is often used against those who preach about the pluses of...
Artificial Intelligence Regulation: The challenges ahead
Sunday, 14 April 2019, 09:17
Last update: about 9 years ago
Philip Micallef
The Government has just announced that it will be regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI). But let us be smart when it comes to Artificial Intelligence regulation. The premise is that we are...
Achieving parity
Sunday, 14 April 2019, 09:08
Last update: about 9 years ago
Over the last 70 years, hardly any progress has been made in women's numerical representation in politics. Indeed, Malta champions itself as a beacon of equality yet, nearly a century after granting...