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Charity campaigns

Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 08:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Ever since I have been contributing to this newspaper I have written about Charity campaigns. I must log in that I have a problem, not only with the way these events are steered, but by the...

The power of ‘why’

Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 08:43 Last update: about 7 years ago Camilla Appelgren

I smiled when I handed over the 4Ocean bracelet to the man at Fomm Ir-Rih. “This is for you, for doing something that very few people would have done,” I said. He looked at me, still not...

Manoel Island: one step forward

Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 08:36 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The controversy on the future of Manoel Island has been going on for ages. The citizen's action some 18 months ago led by eNGO Kamp Emergenza Ambjent and publicly supported by Gżira Mayor Conrad...

Post Easter

Monday, 2 April 2018, 08:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

All the religious practice that developed in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions, from the Osiris cult in ancient Egypt to Christianity and Islam, carried one way or another a central focus on...

Mandatory vasectomies for all

Sunday, 1 April 2018, 10:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Alice Taylor

Since the beginning of time, it is women who have been given responsibility for their sexuality, fertility and for taking steps to control whether or not they procreate. We'll put aside for now the...

Breaking with traditions

Sunday, 1 April 2018, 09:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

It is undoubtedly the most traditional week of the Maltese year, but it has also become the time when traditions are ignored. Up to a few years ago, the organization Puttinu did not exist except...

Hard work

Friday, 30 March 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

In politics it is hard work and results which make all the difference. Mud-slinging and name-calling certainly does not.  Rather, as the last two general election results show us, they leave...

UK drifting away..or is it?

Friday, 30 March 2018, 07:53 Last update: about 7 years ago David Stellini

“Mais t’es devenue petite Nonna!” “Oh you’ve gotten shorter grandma!” Those were the first words my 6 year old uttered when he met his grandma yesterday as she...

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