Where is the regulator?
April 7, 2013
Mobile phone contracts have the tendency of becoming confusing and not transparent to the end user. All three local operators offer similar contracts, offering a certain number of free …
Today’s task: purchase cylinder gas
March 8, 2013
We run out of gas. I looked up the Internet to find contact details of the two companies selling gas on this rocky island. easygas website does not contain …
Oil procurement
February 16, 2013
The President has granted oil trader George Farrugia pardon in return for information on corruption in the trade of oil and supply of oil products to Enemalta Corporation. Maybe …
Saying it as it is
February 16, 2013
Saviour Balzan published yesterday his book “Saying as it is”, recounting his last 35 years of personal experience in Malta, his evolution from an environmental activist to a publisher …
Why one should not vote for PN: 1. public transport
January 29, 2013
Efficient public transport is the backbone of a modern and competitive society. After many years of fancy old yellow and grey fuming buses cruising around the island mostly to …
AD electoral manifesto
January 20, 2013
Yesterday, Alternattiva Demokratika has published its electoral manifesto. It can be found here. The accomplished work is considerable and the manifesto deals with all aspects of life. There are …
The sorry state of Maltese politics
January 18, 2013
Around 50 days are left to the upcoming elections in Malta. The actual ruling party will be surely replaced by a new labour government. More than 20 years of …
Is this a democratic society?
January 6, 2013
Is a society democratic when no laws on party financing exist, when the two ruling political parties have their own media channels, when the national broadcasting station is controlled …
Reality Show
December 15, 2012
I never watched Xarabank, I just was part of the audience this year during the local council elections, sitting next to my old neighbor of the times when I …
Elections 2013
December 12, 2012
Having decided that the general elections should be held early March clearly confirms what I always suspected that the PM’s ultimate aim was to stay in power as long …