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How low can you go!

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 09:09 Last update: about 7 years ago Gejtu Vella

I find it difficult to grasp the reasons why people opt to dig their heels deep in the ground and refuse to alter their course of action and/or opinion instead of taking the admirable way and search...

The petty-mindedness of it all

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

As Malta’s steadfast march to further economic success – which will continue to support her social welfare policies and foster investment, stability and unprecedented achievements in...

The parking lot model

Monday, 4 December 2017, 07:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

I must admit I hardly find attractive the model currently being proposed for the future development of Malta. I fail to see how it can be considered as a stable perspective, since it makes the...

Why is Minister Abela being asked to resign?

Monday, 4 December 2017, 07:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Simon Mercieca

It was not my intention to write another blog about the Malta Police Force, but the recent ministerial press release wherein Minister Carmelo Abela “strongly” denied ministerial...

Social media has become a battlefield

Sunday, 3 December 2017, 10:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Alice Taylor

I have a love-hate relationship with social media. On the one hand I love it because I can stay in touch with friends and family when I am travelling, I love the way it acts as a sort of diary of my...

Fear stalks the land

Sunday, 3 December 2017, 10:19 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

I was shocked to hear Simon Busuttil’s speech in Parliament last Monday. He spoke about a Malta engulfed under a wave of fear, where people face reprisals for speaking out against the...

Transport challenges

Saturday, 2 December 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Alex Muscat

Labour’s economic boom took infrastructure by surprise. Only five years ago the concerns of the Maltese were finding a job, the future of their kids and inflation. Now that these matters have...

Stop hiding and start talking

Saturday, 2 December 2017, 08:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

It has begun already, the rehabilitation of Daphne’s assassination.  I, though, will not stand for “Bidnija murder”.  Stop insulting everyone.  It is Daphne who...

New Media Law: the leap forward

Friday, 1 December 2017, 09:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

I have had the privilege to pilot various laws which are deemed to be important and bold.  Only a few weeks ago, I was moving a bill which will create a grilling mechanism on the main Government...

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