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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...

Rule of law

Thursday, 30 November 2017, 08:01 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Discourse about the rule of law is being devalued, at least when it is used with reference to Malta. To believe that this country is at par with one where somebody like Escobar is allowed to follow...

‘The poor you will always have with you.’ Matthew 26:11

Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 08:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Phew, not much of a consolation is it?  In Matthew 26:11, the evangelist says that, ‘The poor will always have with you’.  I will not dare go down the theological debate and...

Respect is as important as love in a relationship

Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 08:07 Last update: about 7 years ago Gejtu Vella

God forbid our politicians, of whatever creed, are allowed to become subjected to threats of violence for pushing forward theirprinciples and that of their respective political party.   A...

The Commission's judgement

Monday, 27 November 2017, 07:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Once again, when evaluating developments in the Maltese econmy, the European Commission has come up with a verdict that is more than satisfactory. Malta is coping well with the targets set for...

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