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TMIS Editorial: The people have spoken, but justice has not

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 11:05 Last update: about 8 years ago

With yesterday’s victory celebration at The Granaries, Election 2017 has officially drawn to an end. The new Cabinet of Ministers will roll up their sleeves and get down to work on implementing...

Peace as a by-product of free, and prudent, democratic elections

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Douglas W. Kmiec

My fondness for all things Maltese is unabated and well-known. Sometimes I feel as if I should sign on with tenor Joseph Calleja and break out in song on random Air Malta flights: "O sole mio...". (By...

40 years of Father’s Day

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 8 years ago

After the introduction in Malta of Mother's Day in 1961, which I had introduced during the children's programmes, there was a gap of many years before many appreciated that fathers also play an...

The people’s choice is my mission

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Justyne Caruana

"Politics is the art of the possible and the attainable, but most of all it is the way to the next best time for the country". This wise saying by German statesman Otto Von Bismarck perfectly...

A Trinitarian life vision

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:36 Last update: about 8 years ago

In his 51st World Day of Social Communications message of this year, which was celebrated on May 28, Pope Francis wrote something very peculiar regarding life. "Life is not...

The most dangerous man in the world

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:34 Last update: about 8 years ago

The other day, someone in our group asked: "At this particular moment in time, who, do you think, is the most dangerous man in the world?' Jokingly, a friend whispered: "The unbeatable Joseph...

Post mortem

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Clyde Puli

It is a week since the result of the election became known. It is still in the very recent past, but a few days' distance ensures that the raw emotions - those that do not allow you to think and...

Elections and my father's passing away

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 8 years ago

It was with a sinking heart that I read Simon Mercieca's account of his father's last days on earth (Elections and my father's passing away, 5th June). I only met Mr Mercieca Senior three or four...

Switching Off rather than switching allegiance

Monday, 26 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The most, or perhaps the only significant element in all these endless polls about who is or who is not going to win the next election is the extraordinary and growing number of people who are still saying they won't vote or are undecided. ...

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