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Simon needs to come clean

Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 10:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

On the surface, Simon Busuttil's words on George Pullicino during last Sunday's Nationalist Party activity seemed to be in defence of the former Resources Minister, under fire as he is from the Labour...

Culture of entitlement

Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:51 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Few people realise that what they are getting for free is not free at all. That someone else is paying for it. When we speak of free education, free health care and a wide array of social...

Deflecting attention

Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 09:11 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

One third into this legislature, the Labour government can still do no wrong for many of those who voted for it. With an Opposition that struggled to regroup and is still finding its feet after the...

Church resignations

Saturday, 18 October 2014, 17:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Archbishop Mgr Paul Cremona has resigned the post. He has said that he has been thinking about it for two years, and that he is leaving the helm of the church in Malta. It has taken him quite a while,...

A promise not fulfilled

Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 08:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

It was not a surprise to me that the government has failed to deliver on its pre-election promise that Malta would have a new gas-fired power station up and running by March 2015. I am not an...

Pampered University students

Thursday, 9 October 2014, 16:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

The main problem University students abroad come across is how they are going to fund their studies. Many of them, unless they have wealthy parents who can sustain their expensive education, have to...

The new website

Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 10:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Working on a new project is always an exciting time. These last six months have been busy as we prepared for the launch of the new website. The idea was to improve on what we were already...

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