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Just gimme some truth

Sunday, 28 June 2020, 10:27 Last update: about 5 years ago Charles Flores

One of the least acknowledged protest songs of all time is certainly John Lennon’s Gimme some truth. Included in his incredible 1971 album Imagine, the song contains various political references...

Yorgen’s bluff

Sunday, 28 June 2020, 10:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Did Yorgen Fenech really know the date of the early election called in June 2017 by Joseph Muscat as far back as December 2016? I would take that information with a pinch of salt.  It is...

Lack of sexual health services: a ticking sexual health time bomb

Sunday, 28 June 2020, 09:30 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

I called the GU clinic for a sexual health screening and was told to call again in a fortnight. By then, clinicians hope that they will be given the go-ahead to see more than the imposed limit of 12...

Robert Abela here are three tests for you

Sunday, 28 June 2020, 08:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Victor Calleja

We, yes we, are all in it. Whether I, or you, did not will it or aid it, collectively we have all gone down the chute where filth stinks to highest heaven.  Lies are piled on lies. Impunity is...

Welcome back, world, you have been sorely missed

Sunday, 28 June 2020, 08:02 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

We have had the reopening of shops and of some other Covid restrictions such as bars and restaurants. There were some celebrations to mark this but it was rather hesitant in nature.  First of...

The good news has arrived

Saturday, 27 June 2020, 06:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

Remember that announcement on the 13.4.14?  What Joseph Muscat “announced” was that the price of petrol was going down by two cents and diesel price will remain unchanged till the end...

Learning opportunities

Friday, 26 June 2020, 07:22 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

On the basis of a Croatian Presidency background note, ministers responsible for education this week exchanged views on the lessons learnt from the crisis as a basis for future informed decisions....

The social media

Thursday, 25 June 2020, 06:51 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

They have come to determine the personal behaviour of many, since people end up impressed with how many individuals are keyed up to disparage with total carelessness no matter who. Apparently, the...

Firefighting or uniting

Thursday, 25 June 2020, 06:47 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Briguglio

As the investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder progresses, Malta’s news portals are once again dominated by corruption and deficit in governance. The omerta’ that...

How come?

Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 08:36 Last update: about 5 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

As a mix of melodrama, comedy, farce and tragedy - call it what you may - unravels in our Courts of Justice, these questions come to mind: The Windfarm How come a state corporation with the...

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