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The facts and cell 23

Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 07:29 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

What if Kim was your daughter and was found hanged?   What if Colin was your son and was found hanged?  What other ‘facts’ does anyone need to realise that things at...

‘We will not kill each other’

Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Evarist Bartolo

“We will not kill each other. We will rescue each other. We will forgive each other.” The Interfaith G20 Forum meeting in Bologna a week ago ended with this short declaration rooted...

Labour’s liberalism

Monday, 20 September 2021, 09:21 Last update: about 6 years ago Kevin Cassar

“Muscat built a movement of liberals”. This was Labour Party’s tribute to Joseph Muscat on stepping down. Liberalism is a political philosophy built on equality, freedom of...

Road manners

Monday, 20 September 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

The more our roads get packed with cars, the greater the number of traffic incidents, reported or overlooked. More and more people are coming face to face with issues of conflict, sympathy,...

To sing or not to sing

Sunday, 19 September 2021, 10:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Charles Flores

I love watching football, inside a stadium or on TV, but if there is something I abhor about it is the spectacle of two national squads of young players trying to outdo one another when they sing,...

Protecting the ODZ

Sunday, 19 September 2021, 09:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Most of us are aware that the letters ODZ stand for the term "outside the development zone". Planning rules and regulations already protect the ODZ. The protection of the ODZ is the responsibility of...

Long-standing problem tackled

Sunday, 19 September 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Readers of my Sunday contributions must remember the many times I have written about the degrading law and order situation in some Hamrun areas whose character has drastically changed over recent...

Making Malta Green

Saturday, 18 September 2021, 07:17 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

It is estimated that there are 17 % undecided voters and they alone can sway the election towards one party or another.  When you look at the physical landscape in Malta and Gozo at this...

Success

Friday, 17 September 2021, 07:47 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week I had the splendid opportunity of focusing on two international manufacturing companies based in Malta which have at their heart a strong Research and Innovation component: Baxter and Carlo...

One direction?

Thursday, 16 September 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

In the wake of the heinous murder of Mrs Caruana Galizia, I fear it will be impossible to arrive at the stage of an appropriate closure covering all parties involved. Such closure would require that...

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