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It’s a cruel, cruel world. At midnight of the 10th of November 2009, just as the clocks of the world ticked on into Armistice Day, a very sly marketing ploy by computer game company Activision meant that the latest version of the first-person shooter series “Call of Duty” (Modern Warfare 2) was released to the…
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Nuntio vobis magnum gaudium. Iifirhu il muntanii u igawdu l-iprem seraphini filuacht illi icapcpu ghaleniia l’allat tal-Olimpu Sportiv. Nannunciaulchom minn haunhecc illi ilbierah filghaxiia, geuua Casal Micabiba, l-scuadra mai doma tad-Deportivo Estudiantes ilbierah rebhu l-loghba taghhom chontra l-avversariu osticu ta’ Marsasclocc FC (u dan minghair l’ebda incentiv pecuniraiu offert). Uaslilna dlonc u hesrem il-missiv mill-corrispondent…
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The Maltese national collective is not exactly avant-garde when it comes to talking about sex. To say that sex is still a taboo in many ways is an understatement. Probe even further and you will find an outmoded application of laws and frequent crusades on “immoral” activities related to anything sexual. Add to the minestra…
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You bought me a present? Why would you do such a thing? I know you think you’re being generous, but the foundation of gift giving is reciprocity. You haven’t given me a gift, you’ve given me an obligation. The essence of the custom is that I now have to go out and purchase for you…
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Why wait for the Finance Minister to announce rises in utilities bills during his budget speech when you could read it all in the Daily Mail the next day? Actually what is reported in the Mail is what one would expect in a normal country – and the leader of the opposition should know given…
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The 2009 budget is out and we already have the first reactions. PL Leader Joseph Muscat predictably labeled this year’s budget as irresponsible, his main target being the fact that no indication has been given in this budget as to what the extent of the new raise in the utilities bill will be. J’accuse predicts…