I write this article while on holiday in my native country. I haven’t been back to Malta in five years, and obviously I do notice a lot of changes—more vehicles, more flyovers, more high-rise flats, more trees are cut and destroyed, more pollution, and . . . . more money in the hands. There are more African immigrants sweeping the streets or hanging on scaffolding at construction sites for a pittance, more Indians and Filipinos slaving themselves as care workers or nurses (without being represented by any union), more Italians running coffee shops, more Eastern Europeans involved in what seems to be shady businesses, more Maltese politicians involved in corruption and money laundering, and . . . . more money in the hands of natives. Some people are making more and more money (irrespective of its origin), and all this against the backdrop of the pandemic. For the past month, all non-essential shops and churches were closed, we could only walk two by two on the streets and we could barely meet in each other’s houses. Police and other authorities can, if they want, inspect our homes to see that we are abiding by their directives. More and more instructions are being issued on a daily basis. But at least, the number of infected people is finally going down. It is really a strange time to take a holiday.
Bro Carmel Duca MC
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