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A false perception

Sunday, 8 December 2024, 07:16 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

We are not any more gullible than any other nation or electorate. Fortunately, our country being so small and so many people leaving it, many of us are well-informed about the world beyond its...

50 extraordinary years

Friday, 6 December 2024, 10:18 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

It's been 50 years since Sir Anthony Mamo, a Maltese, one of us, became Head of State. Before, it was a British monarch who held this role. On the 13th of December 1974, that changed, and Malta...

Investment?

Thursday, 5 December 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

The word investment has a precise meaning. Broadly speaking, it refers to those funds that get spent on raw materials, equipment and technological knowhow which add up to launch projects meant to...

End of the war?

Monday, 2 December 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

The person nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to run American policy regarding the Ukraine war wrote a report earlier this year to describe how the US should act to end this war. According to...

Quantum leap in Labour’s ethical standards!

Sunday, 1 December 2024, 14:54 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The political class currently in office is not capable of practising what it preaches. It is no wonder that this country has long gone to the dogs. The debate in the Parliamentary Select...

Owen’s outrage

Sunday, 1 December 2024, 08:56 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

On Monday 28 October, the court ordered PBS to stop broadcasting unconstitutional and politically partisan spots in connection with Budget 2025. PBS ignored the court and continued broadcasting...

Gozo’s path to autonomy: Balancing aspirations and realities

Sunday, 1 December 2024, 08:43 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo, with its distinct cultural identity, unique history, and geographical separation from Malta, has long been a beacon of resilience and self-determination. For decades, Gozitans have argued that...

Clean up the mess Clayton left behind

Sunday, 1 December 2024, 07:53 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

At the end, the mess called Clayton was too much to leave untackled. The boy-minister left in charge of the sweet shop (and his wife) simply had to go. Those who appointed him always knew...

Tackling violence in our schools

Sunday, 1 December 2024, 07:50 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

We certainly do not have as frequent news of massacres or killings carried out in our colleges and schools as the Americans do. We do, however, have those occasional violent incidents within our...

Is Clayton’s last dance punishment enough?

Sunday, 1 December 2024, 07:49 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

The minister of tourism has resigned so all is fine in the kingdom of this land of fools, charlatans and crooks. Aren't we all just living it up in a dream-like existence where all is glitzily...

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