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Mario de Marco and the left

Monday, 1 December 2014, 11:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

Nationalist Party deputy leader for parliamentary affairs Mario de Marco last Friday made a sweeping statement that is rather uncharacteristic of him. He is usually very cautious when speaking in...

M’Alla jew max-Xitan?

Monday, 1 December 2014, 08:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

I love old houses.  I'm constantly in search of wrecks to unwreck and ruins to unruin.  It simply breaks my heart to watch ancient relics of our past, lovingly and masterfully...

Is Marlene Farrugia a perception?

Sunday, 30 November 2014, 18:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In our political scenario any politician who takes to task one's own party gets a prepossessing black spot besides his or her name, so there you go, forget Clementia. Political parties consider...

The magic of Dubai

Saturday, 29 November 2014, 08:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

It is easy to see how one can fall under the spell of magical Dubai with its awe inspiring sights of tall and brightly lit, shining, skyscraper designer buildings, gently touching the clouds, up high...

A Budget to Islamize Malta?

Friday, 28 November 2014, 08:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

The introduction of Islamic banking is a new measure announced in this year's budget. To my big surprise, there was no political reaction from the main political parties. I expected to hear words of...

The Hunger Games

Friday, 28 November 2014, 08:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Just before Joseph Muscat was due to deliver his reply to Simon Busuttil's devastating speech in Parliament a day earlier, during PQ time, a cabinet minister looked at some of us directly in the eye....

Not even the bridge can stop the Glock talk

Thursday, 27 November 2014, 10:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

One week in and Malta continues to be captivated, though not in a good way, by the seemingly endless saga of the Police Minister and his Glock-carrying drivers, one of whom released at least two, and...

Mallia and the PN

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 10:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

The Opposition will be presenting a motion of no confidence in Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia after the shooting incident involving his driver. It will not go through. The Labour government...

Simon Busuttil rides high

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 08:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Austin Sammut

Leader of the Opposition Simon Busuttil has often been criticised over the last year and a half of being weak, but ironically it is Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who has turned out to be the weakling....

The fall of the Humpty Dumpty(s)

Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 10:04 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

When I was young, attending the Government Primary School at Paola, together with the rest of the class, I was made to sing this stanza about Humpty Dumpty, Humpty Dumpty sat on a...

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