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Facing reality

Saturday, 4 July 2020, 07:42 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

Our country is in the grip of evolution and it could go either way. The reality is that we risk going down into the abyss of a lawless state or finally re-achieving the security, justice and success...

A bright future for education

Friday, 3 July 2020, 08:55 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

In the field of education, our country continues to make a name for itself all over the world. An international scientific study places Malta amongst the best in the world in terms of student...

The Green Deal: please explain

Thursday, 2 July 2020, 07:26 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

The Green Deal has become one of the staple dogmas around which the EU anchors its programmes. It is designed to inject within all that gets done, the priority to enforce measures which protect us...

Patriotism under our skin

Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 07:30 Last update: about 5 years ago Peter Agius

What makes us Maltese? Is it our culture? Our physical features? Our language? Or none of the above? This week the question was kindled through the idiotic suggestion that a Miss Malta entry should...

Going, going, staying

Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 06:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

It comes as no surprise that disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is now going to delay resigning from parliament. In court last week, former chief of staff Keith Schembri said under oath...

Worse

Monday, 29 June 2020, 07:04 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

There is a point that continues to be made whenever a forecast is published about how the economic situation will develop as a result of this crisis, and for sure it does make for worry. All such...

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...

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