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So it seems that Robert Abela took considerable personal offence, at a couple of rather pointed questions he found himself facing at Wednesday’s press conference. All together now: gee, how sad. And how unfair of those pesky independent journalists, to puncture his ego by reminding him of a few of his more recent failures as Prime Minister…. Because that’s what those questions were all about, weren’t they? Let’s see now: one of them was: ‘Shouldn’t you apologise for having predicted a ‘return to normality’ by March (that is, today: when Malta’s daily caseload comes in as t...

Women at the altar A daring and refreshing prospect for the future from Fr Julian Cassar (February 27) makes a lot of sense and our bishops must surely consider the idea. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best of our Church leaders by bringing the sacraments into our homes but the lack of priests in our parishes cannot last forever. I am sure there are many women ready to offer their services at the altar. Visiting our son in Austria some years back, it was uplifting to see a woman delivering the homily for an elderly priest – probably the only one in that small parish – to a siza...

When the last field is gone, we will realise that... you can't eat tarmac In the latest case, the threat was caused by a microscopic virus imported from China in 2019. (Cue to obligatory LOTR quote: “Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing…!” Raphael Vassallo 23 February 2021, 7:42am Excavators working on the Central Link Project It seems to have gone largely unnoticed; but a couple of weeks ago, Economy Minister Clyde Caruana admitted in an interview that Malta faced the real threat of a major food supply crisis last...

On Lorenzo Manché’s 100th death anniversary, Louis Borg Manché and Edwin Borg Manché conclude a three-part series on the life and achievements of the ophthalmologist, educator and philanthropist.  This is the final article in a three-part series. Read part one and part two. Role of Maltese in education During the 19th century there was conside­rable public debate in Malta on the issue of the role that the Maltese language should play in education. Having a keen interest in education, Lorenzo Manché provided significant input to two major public reviews. The first was to Royal Commis...

The Addolorata Cemetery  photography by Charles Paul Azzopardi, Midsea Books, 2020 The Addolorata Cemetery must be our most visible cemetery. Nobody who drives in the roads that lead to the ‘south’ of the island can fail to see Emmanuele Luigi Galizia’s iconic neo-Gothic church proudly towering over what is for us a rare stretch of mature trees and greenery. In spite of its sombre atmosphere, the whole enclave is a magnificent architectural achieve­ment, not overlooking the scores of artistic monuments erected within to record the famous and the not so famous. The Addolorata Cemetery ...