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Your house is my house

Saturday, 8 November 2014, 08:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Let's settle this score once and for all I say.  Give us back our property and our rights as landowners and stop this gross injustice now.  It is like there are two or three Maltas. One...

Putting the cart before the horse – Valletta

Friday, 7 November 2014, 08:36 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

By the expression putting the cart before the horse, I am not referring to the three-legged horse that was placed at the entrance of our capital city, and which has since been removed. This bronze...

Ministers on bimbos

Friday, 7 November 2014, 08:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The Minister of Transport, Joe Mizzi, is one of those men of slight build who are a giant of comedy in their own mind. In Parliament, the other day, he decided to go one better than his colleagues in...

The right to die

Thursday, 6 November 2014, 10:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

When Brittany Maynard announced last month that she had picked 1 November as the day she would die, there were many who did not believe she would have the courage to do it. Others prayed that she...

Pandering to racist and xenophobic sentiments

Thursday, 6 November 2014, 07:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

One day I will understand, perhaps, the Labour Party's version of liberal progress, or progressive liberalism. It seems to involve over-egging the pudding where gay people are concerned, especially if...

China is getting really dangerous

Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 07:51 Last update: about 11 years ago Austin Sammut

I believe we should really get worried about Chinese domination now. Our Government of sorts is selling our soul and our silver to this despotic regime. Joseph Muscat and Co. must carry their...

The Awakening of ‘Zghazagh Tan-Numri’

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 11:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In a couple of week's time Pulse and SDM, two student organizations, will fight the good fight at the Junior College in the KSJC council elections.  I am always particularly interested in...

Don’t judge, but…

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 08:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

The turbulence in the corridors of the Church continues to grow as more allegations are made.  It seems that this is not exclusive to the clergy, as this has now spread to the labour market with...

Why does Mepa not square up?

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Judging from the failed promises related to the power station, more hypocritical hype is expected in the future. Due to the political controversy that raged around the failed promise by this...

Fr Charles and the Church

Monday, 3 November 2014, 10:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Those of you who know a little bit of Church history were not surprised when they watched the much-acclaimed television series The Borgias, which recounts the story of the most notorious pope,...

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