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Memo to government: stop insulting our intelligence

Thursday, 14 May 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Three cabinet ministers – the Minister for the Environment, the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Education – called a press conference post-haste yesterday and told the press...

Flowers at the prison

Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 08:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A prison setting is no playing field.  We can call it a Correctional Facility till we turn blue in the face but the truth is that that some 560 individuals, some of whom are hardened...

Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan

Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 09:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

In Malta many people are quick to form an opinion on a wide range of issues.   Political controversy is never short and may be considered as a national hobby.  Some issues, people take...

A government of secrets

Monday, 11 May 2015, 11:26 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

The mystery surrounding the building of a new university in the south of Malta is only the latest in a series of events about which the government was not truthful with the people. It says something,...

An American 'bufala' for the south

Monday, 11 May 2015, 09:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

The announcement of the setting up of an American University in Malta brought the Italian word “bufala” to mind. The word “bufala”stands for an animal, similar to the buffalo...

The bombshell that went unnoticed

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

The week that ended yesterday saw the resumption of normal political activity with the inauguration of the new parliament building. Maybe there were very few who bothered to watch the ceremony...

Mr Chetcuti talks aesthetics

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

It would be nice to think of the real-estate developer Sandro Chetcuti as a reformed man, but really, that would be a bit of a joke. Mr Chetcuti is president of the Malta Developers Association, but...

A future for our past

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The proposal for the setting up of an American University at Marsaskala as presented by the government is not one that is sustainable. DePaul University of Chicago has denied involvement in the...

The city that needs her sleep

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 10:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

We are all accustomed to such wayward titles of popular books and films as The city that never sleeps", with the author obviously trying to project the image of a thriving, not-so-innocent city run by...

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