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Governance pandemonium

Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 08:32 Last update: about 4 years ago Peter Agius

Last week I was on radio while a listener called in saying that ‘Robert Abela wants to kill our senior citizens’. The gentleman then referred to how authorities were sending twice for the...

Joseph Muscat and my epiphany

Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 08:21 Last update: about 4 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In 2013 the need for a change in the political landscape was there for all to see.   The state of the Nationalist Party was that of complete disarray. It was a Party that had lost its...

Locked out

Monday, 15 March 2021, 09:08 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

There was no other alternative to the decision that was taken. The number of infections had increased so much in the past weeks that urgent and drastic action was needed to contain the damage....

House of cards

Saturday, 13 March 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Rachel Borg

People have nick names in Malta and Gozo. Many are often known more by their nick name than their Christian name and surname. The name can be attributed to their job or trade, their family, their...

The answer

Friday, 12 March 2021, 09:01 Last update: about 4 years ago Owen Bonnici

Science holds the answer, or has the potential to provide an answer to most of the burning questions in today's world. All one needs to do is to take a look at the disease which is currently...

Dept per capita

Thursday, 11 March 2021, 13:51 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

This week, the "Irish Times" carried an article about how Ireland now finds itself in a position by which its national debt per capita (covering the population living in the country) has become the...

Transparency: not their forte

Thursday, 11 March 2021, 09:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

As I’ve said many times, the Labour governments under Joseph Muscat and Robert Abela have shown a devotion to continuity. It was promised to us by Abela in the run up to the party leadership...

Can Malta go hungry?

Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 09:19 Last update: about 4 years ago Peter Agius

This week, Prime Minister Robert Abela declared that agriculture should be a pillar of our economy. He said that his government wants to help farmers to ensure they produce enough food to sustain the...

A war that is not war

Monday, 8 March 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

The metaphors of war have been used for quite a while with regard to the coronavirus pandemic. They make sense, though not completely. The mobilisation of communities that is really required if the...

Choose To Challenge

Saturday, 6 March 2021, 08:34 Last update: about 4 years ago Rachel Borg

March 8th is the day when the world celebrates International Women’s Day.  The theme chosen this year is “Choose to Challenge”.   This theme is very relevant today...

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