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Jason and the non-lawyer Minister

Friday, 26 March 2021, 09:14 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

It all started at the end of last October when Nationalist MP Dr Jason Azzopardi was being interviewed by Andrew Azzopardi on 103 Malta's Heart.   In that interview – and I...

Creative times

Thursday, 25 March 2021, 08:53 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

The times we live in are driven by change, by happenings that are unprecedented in the nation's life. Above all, there has been the Covid-19 pandemic - even if it has affected this country in the same...

Turning a new page

Thursday, 25 March 2021, 08:26 Last update: about 6 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The dramatic events which took place on Saturday in court shook the country to its core. While some may have been genuinely surprised at the outcome, many were not surprised at all - yet they still...

Justice delayed

Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 08:15 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

Justice delayed is justice denied. While it does invoke a feeling of political retribution, Keith Schembri’s arrest is but a reminder of how justice was missing in action for so many years,...

Namelessness and facelessness

Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 07:45 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

50 years or so ago, the University of Stanford’s psychology Professor Philip Zimbardo and his research team set out to investigate ‘power’ and how it is perceived by people who are...

Interest rates and inflation

Monday, 22 March 2021, 08:20 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

An ongoing debate between central banks now focuses on whether we are entering a period in which inflation will gather. For quite a while, price rises have been almost totally extinguished. This...

Planning the infrastructure of recovery

Sunday, 21 March 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Around 2012, or even earlier, the Labour Party began to use the infamous Fourth Floor where the foundations of the new Labour administration were laid. We now know what this preparation consisted...

The octopus in our midst

Sunday, 21 March 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

During the past weeks we have been witnessing the exposure of a web of criminality which has infiltrated and infected all sectors of our society. Revelations are being made public by instalments, as...

Mentalities

Sunday, 21 March 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Charles Flores

The babbling, ruffled-haired figure of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come out strongly against Britain returning the Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, to their rightful...

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