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In what will be done...

Monday, 9 December 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

In what will be done, no matter who leads the Labour Party, two objectives should be ensured.  First, to safeguard the economic and social achievements of the past years. They were substantial...

The rise and the fall

Sunday, 8 December 2019, 10:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The end is near. He faces the final curtain but he’ll still state his case, of which he’s certain. He has lived a life that’s full, but he still has a few regrets. Then again,...

Malta deserves better

Sunday, 8 December 2019, 10:18 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Reading through the reports on the testimony of Melvin Theuma – who turned state evidence in the criminal investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination – all of us feel...

Blood on their hands

Sunday, 8 December 2019, 09:21 Last update: about 5 years ago Victor Calleja

Our institutions are in tatters, the country’s reputation horribly stained for generations to come. The bloodied hands are apparently at Castille, the place mired in horrendous criminality...

Beware the Chris Fearne avalanche

Sunday, 8 December 2019, 08:22 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

All of a sudden, the dark clouds threatening us cleared, the sun came out and the skies became blue again. Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne announced that he intended to run for Party leader....

What might save us

Saturday, 7 December 2019, 10:10 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

Mister Reagan says 'We will protect you' I don't subscribe to this point of view Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too  What might save us, me and you Is...

The workings of a rule of law which works

Friday, 6 December 2019, 08:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

Malta is right now grasped and to some extent seized by the happenings which are being unveiled during the judicial procedures in relation to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Last Wednesday...

Resignation

Thursday, 5 December 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

The announcement of Joseph Muscat’s resignation as Labour leader and Prime Minister shocked many genuine Labourites. They had believed that following the unprecedented victory he won in the 2017...

Urgent need to restore Malta’s name in Europe

Thursday, 5 December 2019, 07:59 Last update: about 5 years ago Peter Agius

Most of the public investment in this country over the last six years see their genesis back in February 2013. It was another rainy day in Brussels. Then Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi entered the...

What are we left with?

Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 09:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

After these eventful days and weeks;  - We are left with an assassinated journalist (and a family still unable to bereave); - We are left with an Opposition that is trying to juggle (I...

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