Jacques René Zammit

  • Travelogue

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    This blogger is in motion. This is normally the time I would be registering my usual complaints about the unreasonable travel times and connections between Luxembourg and the island home. By my calculations todays timing for the door-to-door trip is a tad bit above 10 hours. Teleport anyone? Fat chance zeek. J’accuse will be moving…

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  • Melo-mania : Ju-verdeoro

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    Felipe Melo de Carvalho Yesterday’s denial by Fiorentina’s Pantaleo Corvino seemed to be nothing more than a depistage. This morning, Tuttosport was the first to announce that an agreement seems to have been reached for the transfer of Brasilian midfielder Felipe Melo de Carvalho to Juventus for the fee of €25 million. According to the…

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  • Shut Down the Island

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      * The swine flu virus has hit the island and the daily reports of new cases have led the quickfire comment crowd to increase the signs of alarum. The latest cases were reported at a village festa in the tiny Gozitan village of Gharb. The general cannons and guns are now pointed on the…

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  • Fitter, Happier

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    *** Well silly me if for thinking that the subject would not be interesting to some. I forgot the Golden Rule – no, not brevity is a form of wit – but shit and gossip sells. A reader got inspired by the latest repartees on married vs single life and sent me a link to…

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  • J'accuse: The Global Village (and its idiots)

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    This article and accompanying Bertoon appear in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. It’s been fourty years (in fifteen days’ time to be exact) since we put a man on the moon. Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind on the 20th of July 1969. At that time the phrase “global village”…

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