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To name or not to name

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 19:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

The Malta Independent has chosen to publish all details, including the name of a priest who has been accused by various women of improper sexual behaviour. Most of these women were vulnerable persons...

PN bouncing back and PL drowning?

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 08:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Austin Sammut

It has been an interesting October, following a barren summer, in terms of serious news and developments. Lets start from the closest developments and move backwards. Well globetrotting PM Joseph...

Simon needs to come clean

Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 10:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

On the surface, Simon Busuttil's words on George Pullicino during last Sunday's Nationalist Party activity seemed to be in defence of the former Resources Minister, under fire as he is from the Labour...

The chickens are coming home to roost

Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 08:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

Around this time of the year, one particular news item perpetually resurfaces - the COLA.  The yearly cost of living adjustment makes up for consumers' purchasing power erosion in the previous...

IdeaMalta from a 'whacko' party

Monday, 27 October 2014, 14:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

In the past days, the Nationalist Party organized a national convention on the theme IdeaMalta. Perhaps, it would have been better had it been termed IdeaPN, because the first thing that the...

Simon Busuttil needs to bring the laces behind the ball!

Monday, 27 October 2014, 10:36 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Following the discourteous exit of Lawrence Gonzi, not only from the reigns of the country but also from those of the party Leadership, somehow everyone 'knew' that the next in line would be Dr Simon...

Roadmap on digital rendition

Monday, 27 October 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

We live in strange times and bizarre things keep happening all around us near and far. And in times of such unprecedented uncertainty, people tend to either ignore things and suppress any grey matter...

It’s not late. It hasn’t even started

Sunday, 26 October 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

As the story of Labour's fabled power station becomes ever more tangled and complicated, it is evident that this is not a matter of the project been late, or delayed, as the press and the politicians...

The strategy of obfuscation

Sunday, 26 October 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

It was Minister Varist who gave the game away. On Monday, during the debate asked for by the Opposition on the power station delays, Minister Evarist Bartolo spoke well before Minister Konrad...

Culture of entitlement

Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:51 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Few people realise that what they are getting for free is not free at all. That someone else is paying for it. When we speak of free education, free health care and a wide array of social...

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