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Why it is time to ban hunting

Sunday, 2 September 2018, 10:55 Last update: about 7 years ago Alice Taylor

I am not one to shy away from controversial topics, but this was one that I always vowed to steer clear of. Due to the fact that those involved have a variety of lethal weapons, are prone to sending...

Bertu’s hissy fit

Sunday, 2 September 2018, 10:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

All is not quiet on the arts front. According to a report yesterday, Arts Council chairman Albert Marshall vetoed the decision of an international evaluation panel tasked with picking the...

Helping customers finding best deals online, protecting small SMEs

Thursday, 30 August 2018, 15:14 Last update: about 7 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech explains that Maltese like to travel and in several cases the first thing to do is going online to book flights and accommodation. In the European Parliament he...

Time to drag the net?

Thursday, 30 August 2018, 10:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Marlene Mizzi

That the Maltese economy is going full-throttle is a statement of fact regularly bolstered by the independent conclusions of the world’s major rating agencies. It is no longer a phenomenon but a...

Who's getting the cream?

Thursday, 30 August 2018, 07:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

One hardly needs to discuss again the current economic success. It would be foolish to deny that it is happening and not to welcome it. The question that arises is: How is the economic cake that...

Beating the odds

Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 11:27 Last update: about 7 years ago Camilla Appelgren

I started the weekend with a clean-up with Ambjent Malta, led by the mayor of Gzira, Conrad Borg Manché.  This clean-up was discussed midweek between the two of us and people were invited...

Extremely serious

Monday, 27 August 2018, 07:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The report about the longlasting abuses of children and young people in Pennsylvania and the efforts by the Catholic hierarchy to cover them up, raises extremely serious issues. It confirms how the...

A vindictive transfer and the PN’s grassroots

Monday, 27 August 2018, 07:34 Last update: about 7 years ago Simon Mercieca

It is opportune that I share with readers a message I received following up my last blog, wherein I accused the current PN administration of having become an exclusive club for lawyers. This...

In Malta’s name

Sunday, 26 August 2018, 10:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

The strands that make up Malta are twisted this way and that especially in mid-summer. There is, as Italian television never stops reminding us, the migrants' crisis with Italian coastguard ship...

Protecting our boys (and girls) in blue

Sunday, 26 August 2018, 10:22 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

When Police Constable Simon Schembri from the Police Traffic Section took to the witness stand earlier this week, his thoroughly descriptive testimony was shocking. It described in considerable detail...

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