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Games and plots

Saturday, 16 January 2021, 07:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

Joseph Muscat promises Konrad Mizzi a nice little nest egg courtesy of the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA).  The Commissioner for Standards concludes from his investigation that Muscat is...

Way forward: a strong progressive agenda

Friday, 15 January 2021, 07:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

A progressive agenda has, at its very basis, a strong dimension of change.  One cannot genuinely believe in a progressive agenda if one does not value and push forward changes: whether be they...

Administrative team

Thursday, 14 January 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Much government work concerns projects that range over different fields of activity. Their implementation is most successful when those responsible in the different areas coordinate their work in an...

Disability: No longer on the national agenda

Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 07:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I have been following the disability sector for almost 35 years.  My passion started as a result of a government scheme offered to sixth form students.  At the time, the education...

Seriously, Mr Speaker?

Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 07:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

As you will have heard, this week Speaker Anglu Farrugia ruled that Parliament cannot probe former PM Muscat because he is no longer an MP. Seriously? This from the Government who made so much fanfare...

They disapprove

Monday, 11 January 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The following is not such a happy point to make but the truth is that as an argument, it does hold water! This country and its government have for some time now been at the receiving end –...

A burning issue

Sunday, 10 January 2021, 10:35 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

I have always felt intrigued by the sheer connection between books/plays that people write in a miscellanea of languages across the world and socio-political realities. When the Nazi Party in Germany...

The fragility of democracy

Sunday, 10 January 2021, 09:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The events on Capitol Hill in Washington last Wednesday clearly show the fragility of democracy. We should never take it for granted. The storming of Capitol Hill by Trump’s mob has damaged...

Trump’s last trump

Sunday, 10 January 2021, 08:02 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

Two images come to my mind with regards to Wednesday’s attack on the US capital, one foreign and one local. The first is Chilean president Salvador Allende, helmeted and grasping a rifle,...

Where do we begin?

Saturday, 9 January 2021, 09:29 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

Where do we begin to make sense of the force for mis-management, for deliberate mis-appropriation of power and leadership that is wrecking so much harm and mis-trust amongst the people from both sides...

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