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Wave after wave

Sunday, 4 April 2021, 06:35 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

The numbers, we say, speak for themselves. But they do not solve the Covid pandemic. Ever since the authorities imposed a virtual lockdown, we have seen the number of infections decrease...

Releaf

Friday, 2 April 2021, 09:47 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

The white paper on further relaxation of Cannabis legislation is a step in the right direction.  This reform is much needed; it is just and fair and at the end of the day makes sure that the...

What the heir has claimed

Thursday, 1 April 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Robert Hornyold-Strickland who is Mabel Strickland’s nephew has continued to make serious allegations regarding how the Times of Malta set-up has been organized in the years following his...

Free speech, fake speech

Thursday, 1 April 2021, 07:46 Last update: about 6 years ago Michael Briguglio

Should free speech have limits? Is it acceptable to post fake news on social media? Should liberal democratic societies tighten regulation on communication articulated on social media platforms like...

The China connection

Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 08:32 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

No, I am not referring to China Connection, as in the Bruce Lee movie, although I can see a link there. The 1972 martial arts film is in fact known also as 'Fist of Fury', in parallel to the fury...

Flabby enterprises?

Monday, 29 March 2021, 08:59 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Here is how I understood (I hope well) the argument developed in the media by the Chamber of Commerce President: Though the wage subsidies given by government to SMEs are helping them to survive the...

Grech or Abela and Malta

Sunday, 28 March 2021, 10:54 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The media have reported that Prime Minister Robert Abela told the Police to investigate Vince Muscat’s claim that one of his Ministers is linked to a “big job”. Now this raises a...

A mess by design

Sunday, 28 March 2021, 10:04 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Did you ever wonder why it is possible for the land use planning regulator in Malta to be in such a mess? Just take a look at the criminal proceedings currently under way on money laundering. A former...

Same Labour, same tricks

Sunday, 28 March 2021, 09:06 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

After the 1971 election, won by Dom Mintoff’s Labour Party, former minister Sandy (Alexander) Cachia Zammit and his brother Lawrence were arrested and charged with stealing government property...

A poor workman blames his tools

Saturday, 27 March 2021, 11:38 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

In an article on Illum on 23rd March, Peppi Azzopardi lifted a stone. Underneath he found a whole colony of voters who would vote for Joseph Muscat big time. All this because they bought a car that...

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