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Isn’t this a pattern of permissible hate?

Sunday, 10 May 2020, 09:24 Last update: about 5 years ago Victor Calleja

In the last few weeks, when the world is ablaze with the Coronavirus horror, too many incidents are happening which should jolt us into action or a show of public anger. But nothing happens, barring a...

The real brave new world

Sunday, 10 May 2020, 09:05 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Many times in the past days I have been reminded of the title of the famous 1932 book by Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. Just by the title only for the book's content cannot be referenced to...

The fat belly

Saturday, 9 May 2020, 07:07 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

Hatred is alive and well in Malta.  It functions daily and colours the social media with all kinds of disgusting and unimaginable speech, spewing from a belly that is toxic and morbid with...

Shaping our future with determination

Friday, 8 May 2020, 07:18 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

This country’s strong determination to safeguard the nation’s health and implement measures to safeguard our different sectors during this pandemic outbreak has not only given results...

Irregular migration

Thursday, 7 May 2020, 07:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

Generally speaking, up to now it has always been the case that when irregular migration became an important issue for Malta, the same did not hold for other EU countries. And vice-versa. The...

The embalmed 10,000

Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 07:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Situation 1: Imagine for a moment... that the simple liberties of clipping a pod in the Nescafé Dolce Gusto Oblo Coffee Machine turns into a trolley visit (with the typical whiny twisted...

Police Commissioner

Monday, 4 May 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

If I am to admit the truth, I must say that for me, in appointing a chief of police, the process by which the government must issue a call for applications, conduct an examination of applicants,...

Tourism is on its knees

Sunday, 3 May 2020, 10:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Tourism has been among the hardest hit sectors of the economy as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. This applies more so to mass tourism which still constitutes an important sector on which...

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