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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...

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