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Dun Ang Seychell – priest, journalist, philanthropist

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:48 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

It says a lot about the low level of journalism in Malta that many of them seem unable to get their facts right even in simple, uncontroversial matters. I read some, not all, news reports about...

We win sieges don’t we?

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:45 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

Placed prominently right opposite the main entrance of the law courts in Valletta is a statue depicting three figures. The Great Siege monument commemorates the victory of our valour and values over...

Msida flyovers: more money down the drain

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:41 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Most of the improvements undertaken to increase the capacity of the road infrastructure, in the long term, are of no use. Flyovers, underpasses and tunnels: they do not solve anything. They only make...

Gozo: Where is the GRDA 2023-33 strategy?

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:38 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The 2025 budget proposals for Gozo are already available from the Gozo Business Chamber (GBC) and The Gozo Tourism Association (GTA). The Gozo Regional Development Authority (GRDA) has still not...

Trouble in paradise – Labour party version

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:32 Last update: about 3 years ago Julie Zahra

It has not been a good summer for the Labour party. It is evident that the results of the European Parliament elections last June, have sent the party in Government into a tailspin which as things...

Inspiring heroes

Friday, 6 September 2024, 11:43 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

Inspirational teenage athlete Jake Vella died last week, aged 15. Malta mourned his death. A life cut short by an extremely rare condition. But despite his short life marked with tragedy, Jake's...

The Stolper report

Thursday, 5 September 2024, 08:45 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

In the months and years before Malta was declared an independent country in September 1964, huge controversies arose over how it could keep afloat if separated completely from the UK. From what could...

What's going on in Libya?

Monday, 2 September 2024, 07:17 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Is it not somewhat curious how here in Malta, we do not seem to be at all troubled by the situation in Libya which no matter what could be said about it, still remains very unstable? In report after...

Collusion entrenches impunity

Sunday, 1 September 2024, 09:01 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Following the news, nowadays, is, at times, comparable to what we experienced during the corruption-infested mid-1980s, which a number of us lived through. Most probably it is much worse than...

Testing the people’s patience

Sunday, 1 September 2024, 08:58 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

"I'll know myself when my time is up". So spoke Robert Abela. Whether his bold statement is the product of sheer naivety, pure arrogance or a profound ignorance of history is difficult to...

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