The dog ate my roadmap
Sunday, 19 October 2014, 11:06
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The recurring theme of the Labour Party general election campaign - other than the theme of how corrupt and incompetent the people were who took Malta into the European Union and the eurozone when...
The end of a dream
Sunday, 19 October 2014, 11:04
Last update: about 11 years ago
Noel Grima
Fifty-two years ago, on a hot day on 11th October, still a young MUSEUM teenager, my face was glued to the windowpane of Farrugia 'tar-radjijiet' showroom in High Street Hamrun for a full four hours,...
Everyone is a winner
Sunday, 19 October 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alison Bezzina
I'm not a big football fan, in fact I'm not even a little bit fond of the sport, but last Monday, thanks to the Malta vs Italy World Cup Qualifier, my love for the game multiplied a thousand...
History must not repeat itself
Sunday, 19 October 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alfred Mifsud
The fear of history repeating itself forced me to re-read the story of Germany between 1928 and 1933. By 1928, Germany was recovering well from the shattering experience of the First World War and the...
Church resignations
Saturday, 18 October 2014, 17:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Archbishop Mgr Paul Cremona has resigned the post. He has said that he has been thinking about it for two years, and that he is leaving the helm of the church in Malta. It has taken him quite a while,...
How the police proceed
Saturday, 18 October 2014, 15:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Simon Mercieca
A former senior police officer, ex-Assistant Commissioner Michael Cassar, was in the news recently in connection with the case instituted by the Prime Minister against the Opposition Leader following...
Ready, aim… fire
Saturday, 18 October 2014, 08:54
Last update: about 11 years ago
Rachel Borg
Throughout the legislature of the Nationalist Government, so much negative propaganda was thrown by the opposition (and from its own backbenches) at any legislations, projects, initiatives and...
Spinning out of control
Friday, 17 October 2014, 07:59
Last update: about 11 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
You have to hand it to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. He is a pro at covering incompetence, creating excuses and spinning his storylines. When the electoral campaign kicked off in January 2013,...
The MUT’s religious 'Realpolitik'
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 09:39
Last update: about 11 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Kevin Bonello, the President of the Malta Union of Teachers recently referred to the religious curriculum in our schools. This was not a casual reference and a section of the press used it to fire its...
Sometimes, it’s just not appropriate to be positive
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 08:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The prime minister quite obviously thinks that the most suitable attitude to adopt, as his government is mired in a slew of bad news concerning its roadmap, is a positive one. Never has he...