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Hard work

Friday, 30 March 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

In politics it is hard work and results which make all the difference. Mud-slinging and name-calling certainly does not.  Rather, as the last two general election results show us, they leave...

UK drifting away..or is it?

Friday, 30 March 2018, 07:53 Last update: about 7 years ago David Stellini

“Mais t’es devenue petite Nonna!” “Oh you’ve gotten shorter grandma!” Those were the first words my 6 year old uttered when he met his grandma yesterday as she...

The next five

Thursday, 29 March 2018, 09:09 Last update: about 7 years ago Alex Muscat

In just five years of a Labour government, Malta has changed radically for the better. The priorities of the Maltese have also changed a lot, with bread and...

Misadventures of a square

Thursday, 29 March 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Unless we watch out, the square that fronts the church of St Mary (“the old church”) in B’kara could end up as an image, a model, for the island as a whole. This is not the first...

Everyone is joining the dots… except the ‘wise’ men

Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 13:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Marthese Portelli

Wake up call from the Courts …. Pilatus Bank, Gaffarena.  Precisely a week ago, we woke up to the news that Pilatus Bank Chairman Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad had been arrested in the United...

The cleansing of the temple

Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 08:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In the countdown before Easter, in-between blessed activities (ranging from processions to enactments) and getting the odd couple of days of trips and indulging, I find the narrative of the Cleaning...

Manoel Island

Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 10:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Miriam Dalli

In her vlog today, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli speaks about the need for a more balance life, one that allows for time for studying and working as well as for other recreational  purposes. She...

Time for a change

Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 08:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Camilla Appelgren

I was watching one of the latest animated movies with my daughter the other day. The main character lives on this perfect island in French Polynesia. The thought of being one with nature, living a...

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