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Bonnici the Bully

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:16 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

Do you know Matthew Maggi? Probably not. He's not a public figure. He's a private citizen working in the film industry. Yet Minister Owen Bonnici  used his position of power to harass and...

Gozo’s push for regional autonomy: A vision or a mirage?

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:14 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The Gozo Business Chamber's recent call for regional autonomy enshrined in Malta's constitution has reignited a long-standing debate about Gozo's governance. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the...

On cats, dogs and kids

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:13 Last update: about 3 years ago Valerie Visanich

We are told that we need to convince today's child-bearing generation to have children, at least three of them, instead of adopting cats and dogs. While it may come across as patronising to impose...

Complete faith in the film industry

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:09 Last update: about 3 years ago Julie Zahra

How embarrassing it must be for our new Minister for Film to be lumped with a Film Commissioner who is a walking, flashing, unpredictable box of tricks, which sadly, it appears, neither he can rein in...

In defiance of arrogant power

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:03 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Last Sunday, Robert Abela, at Kordin, bid farewell to accountability and good governance. This has been coming for a long time, but now it has reached the point of no return. It was an arrogant Robert...

The tragedy that is 17 Black

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 07:19 Last update: about 3 years ago Darren Carabott

I can still remember it, as if it was yesterday. During one of those surreal sittings of the Public Accounts Committee which I chair, Keith Schembri had reminisced how Konrad Mizzi, half-jokingly, had...

A better health education for our kids

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 07:12 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

When you hear "health education," it probably conjures up old memories of cursory lessons on puberty or maybe sex education. Perhaps you had some nutrition lessons here and there. But...

Malta and the coming Trump tsunami

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 07:10 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

The latest news as we slept last night regarded the complicated agreement to release a number of Israelis in the hands of Hamas since 7 October 2023 in exchange with a superior number of Palestinians...

Five years of Robert Abela’s leadership

Friday, 17 January 2025, 11:11 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

Five years ago, Robert Abela was elected Labour Party leader and became Malta's Prime Minister. Last Sunday, in Paola, we celebrated this occasion. It was a remarkable occasion. A large, enthusiastic,...

In Germany

Thursday, 16 January 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

The coming elections in Germany could be much more important than is assumed. Whatever one says about the EU, it is France and Germany which really guide its decisions. In the wake of the failed...

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