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Changing face of dementia
A recent study published in the Malta Medical Journal found that the number of individuals with dementia over the age of 60 years in the Maltese islands in 2010 was significantly higher than previously projected. About 2.3 per cent of the Maltese...
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TVM priorities
I was more than surprised when I switched to the 8pm TVM news bulletin on Sunday to hear (and see) that the first item was that Birkirkara FC would have to fight out a decider for the Malta soccer championship title. That was really amazing...
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Well-being of Libyans in Malta
The article entitled Call For Tighter Checks On Libyan Asylum Seekers (April 18) gave more prominence to Libyan chargé d’affaires Muhammad El-Ghirani’s reactions to a protest by a group of Libyan people calling for his removal rather than giving...
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Make walking safe
The Malta Automobile Club would like to join the United Nations’ and the World Health Organisation’s efforts, as well as those of the European Union, to promote the safety of pedestrians (www.who.int/roadsafety/week/2013). The MAC appeals to all...
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Strong, united leadership
Notwithstanding all its defects, the Nationalist Party has always made history over the years, including recently when the four leadership election contenders – the first time ever – demonstrated genuine evident team spirit. It was indeed a breath...
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Police need new ideas
With a new Police Commissioner in the driving seat, perhaps new ideas may be introduced that will help solve the several crimes that have been perpetrated over a period of time. As I have already suggested, larger countries possessing bigger police...
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Airport services
Last Sunday morning, I took my son to Malta International Airport to catch Air Malta’s KM100 to London Heathrow. Ever mindful of pilfering from checked-in luggage, he decided to go for shrink wrapping. At 5.15am, the wrapping station was not manned.
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Identity Crisis
I have had it up to my stuffy nostrils with people constantly mixing apples and oranges in this country. Seriously, if I hear another person using the abortion argument when the debate is about the use of animals in circuses, I might do something...
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Surprising massages
I’m at the great age where, if I am given a massage, I have to pay for it. And any extras or happy endings are definitely not due to my biceps, beauty or bearing. Only my wallet could be the attraction. So what am I on about besides age and its...
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A tribute to the human spirit
As members of the European Parliament, every year we are invited to nominate a candidate for the European Citizens Award, a highly valued prize organised by the European Parliament to recognise the exceptional achievements of European citizens in...
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Welcome progress on disability rights
The upsurge in awareness of minority rights issues in this country in the years since accession to the European Union can only be welcomed. These included the acceptance that legally-separated coupes, a sizable minority in society, should have the...
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We need a strategic plan
Since 2008, the General Workers’ Union has been advocating that the Government formulate a vision supported by a strategic plan for Malta. Unfortunately, this proposal was never taken seriously, with some unknown government elements even criticising...
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Mario de Marco’s extraordinary gesture
I really do not know who stood more to gain, whether the Nationalist Party, with the victory (choice) of Simon Busuttil as leader, or Malta, with the extraordinary gesture of Mario de Marco who understood what the party most needed: unity more than...
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Winning back trust in the EU
A recent report published by Eurobarometer, the EU’s polling organisation, reveals alarming results as to the degree of confidence that citizent of the six largest member states, namely Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Spain and Poland, have in the...
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Showpiece for Maltese music
I am writing on behalf of Maltese composers both living and dead, perhaps more on behalf of the dead because they depend on the living to remind us that Malta Tagħna Lkoll (Malta for all) also includes them. It is surely against Maltese interests,...
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Sport: agony and ecstasy
At this time of year football fever grips our islands as top European clubs lock horns in their quest for fame and fortune. It is on such occasions that we realise that football is not just a game; its potential as a socialising power for...
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Battles that changed our destiny
Fr Mark Cauchi approaches our islands’ history from a unique albeit rather quirky perspective (May 3). The Maltese fought for their Christian religion in 1565 and not to please the foreign Order of St John. Had they not done so, we’d all be Moslems...
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Bills for official car repairs
On May 2, over a steaming cup of coffee, I read (with relish) the front page report in the day’s Times of Malta exposing Lawrence Gonzi’s extravagant used of taxpayers’ money for his official car in the period 2008-2013. I recalled the time when I...
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BLOODY AMATEURS
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has the right to that title by dint of a resounding victory. He achieved this victory partly on the back of a media campaign that combined slick sound-bites, snappy come-backs and sharp visuals, helped no end by a...
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Animal rights: hype and reality?
For the very first time ever Malta has a Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Rights in the person of the Roderick Galdes. In a recent interview with The Times of Malta he said that one of the two tasks on his in-tray is the obtaining of a derogation...
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