As heavy rain continues to drench and flood the island, images and videos of the conditions on local roads began to surface. People were walking through waist-deep streets. Cars brought to a standstill. A delivery man stopped on the side to help out another driver. However, one video caused a bit more of a sensation, […]

Whether through a lack of law enforcement or driver application, Malta’s road safety has been on a downward slope in recent years. One way of addressing this issue is by educating the next generation about road safety in a manner that sticks until long after they’ve obtained their driver’s licence, which is what the Street […]

Christmas is a special time, a time for giving. And if you give yourself the occasional treat, that is absolutely fine; actually, we even recommend it! Now, because most of you have been good this year, or because some people are genuinely nice, we’ve got some sweet Christmas deals that we want to talk to […]

In a Facebook poll, we opted to pick local shoppers’ thoughts about the Black Friday offers of years gone by, and the answer was definitive, to say the least. Voicing what they thought was wrong with the offers also gives an insight into what shop owners can do to address the situation. Old stock, bad […]

The Malta Climate Action Awards served as the culmination of the first-ever edition of the #ClimateOn Campaign, a campaign aiming to educate and raise awareness on local climate action. Organised by the Ministry for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning, the Awards ceremony celebrating the various climate action heroes was held on the 27th of […]

A video has surfaced showing a man sitting on the edge of a Valletta bastion threatening to jump. As the scene unfolded and some passersby attempted to get the man to safety, a slew of hateful commentary urging the man to take the next step off the edge was clearly heard in the video, drawing […]

The Government-led push towards a switch to electric vehicles is one born out of both necessity to counteract climate change, but also because it will lead to cleaner air, making the country a healthier place to live. A number of measures are being taken to help this push gain traction, not least with financial incentives, […]

Whether you’re putting together a winning team on FIFA or preparing a homemade dinner, things tend to taste sweeter when made from scratch. That’s exactly what’s cooking over at the University of Malta, where a group of students forming the University of Malta Racing group are cooking up something special by building their own formula-style […]

Our smartphones in particular are already very adept at tracking data whether it’s our spending habits on Revolut, our movement via GPS or how long we watch videos on Facebook. Our information is (usually) anonymously collected, fed into data aggregators from which patterns are discerned and the algorithms that shape our decisions are perfected. Now […]