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An island of pianists, poets and ballerinas

Sunday, 15 March 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

One would be tempted to query Education Minister Evarist Bartolo's lament in Parliament last week that parents in Malta still look at culture and the arts as "a waste of time", particularly at a time...

The Pyrotechnic Association and spring hunting

Saturday, 14 March 2015, 10:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

The Pyrotechnic Association is supporting the Yes vote not because it sees a threat to the Maltese festa, but because their aspirations to have uncontrolled fireworks are perceived to be under threat....

The real roadmap

Saturday, 14 March 2015, 08:26 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

We could say that this winter has been particularly tough weather wise.  We have had heavy downpours, really strong winds and very low temperatures for quite long periods. The meteorologists...

Catch me if you can

Friday, 13 March 2015, 08:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Joseph Muscat has been in power for only two years. Yet, in some respects, he is behaving like one of those Third World dictators. In tin-pot democracies, the governing few and their lackeys are...

There’s no place in politics for Toni Abela, either

Thursday, 12 March 2015, 08:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Toni Abela, deputy leader of the Labour Party, had the brass neck to say to the media yesterday that there is no place for Giovanna Debono, the former Gozo Minister, in politics, on the basis of the...

The electorate

Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 09:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The main objective for every political party is to try and convince the electorate that they should be voting for ‘them’.   Politics in all truth is a complex mind game and the...

Are political promises worth something?

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 07:57 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

In politics two years are a rather short period to draw definitive conclusions. One can only look for and detect some characteristics, some of which may be very encouraging and positive while others...

The appreciation of Semitic Maltese and the Church

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

Recently, I had the opportunity to meet an extremely informed Franciscan priest, Sebastian Camilleri. Originally, he was from Ħamrun and his name was Emanuel but as was the custom then, it was...

Two years of Labour

Monday, 9 March 2015, 08:34 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

Don’t be disappointed if Joseph Muscat does not resign today, on the day that his self-imposed deadline for the completion of the power station at Delimara expires. He is a man that enjoys...

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