It will take more than a couple of elocution lessons
Sunday, 2 November 2014, 10:52
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
The PN media machine asked me, earlier this week, if I had watched the PN leader speak to the PN Convention, held last Sunday. I did not, I replied. However, later I happened on a clip...
Holy weights, Holy measures
Sunday, 2 November 2014, 10:46
Last update: about 10 years ago
Alison Bezzina
Every time a member of the clergy is accused of sexual abuse, exactly the same series of events is played out. First, the allegations are made public, then we learn that the case has been in front of...
Where to draw the line
Sunday, 2 November 2014, 10:30
Last update: about 10 years ago
Alfred Mifsud
Life presents many difficult occasions where decisions have to be made by drawing a very fine line - and the decision-maker is severely tested as to where that line should be drawn. We have had...
Chewing gum and rubber bands
Saturday, 1 November 2014, 10:46
Last update: about 10 years ago
Rachel Borg
The public is beginning to lose its patience and the country cannot endure much more of this chewing gum and rubber band politics. Every bit of news leading to another identity crises. ...
Joseph Muscat does a touché
Friday, 31 October 2014, 13:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
A well known and accepted fact is that probably the biggest miscalculation done by the Nationalist Party prior to the 2013 general elections was to underestimate the political acumen of Dr Joseph...
PN bouncing back and PL drowning?
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 08:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Austin Sammut
It has been an interesting October, following a barren summer, in terms of serious news and developments. Lets start from the closest developments and move backwards. Well globetrotting PM Joseph...
The chickens are coming home to roost
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 08:04
Last update: about 11 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Around this time of the year, one particular news item perpetually resurfaces - the COLA. The yearly cost of living adjustment makes up for consumers' purchasing power erosion in the previous...
The strategy of obfuscation
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Noel Grima
It was Minister Varist who gave the game away. On Monday, during the debate asked for by the Opposition on the power station delays, Minister Evarist Bartolo spoke well before Minister Konrad...
Prince George throws a hissy
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alison Bezzina
It was one hell of a week - one so busy and hectic that, on Wednesday evening on my way back home from the office, I didn't even have the energy, or the will, to change the radio station tuned in on...
Please don’t bully me, sir...
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Charles Flores
I know bullying is the latest social catchphrase and I know it causes problems at whichever age one experiences it, but excessive use of, and exhaustive reference to the issue can often lead to a...