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A slap in the face to all our students

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 12:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

In a video blog Dr Agius, European Official and MEP candidate says that PM Robert Abela will need more than a couple of handshakes to restore Malta's reputation in Europe. Abela has to put the country...

The Nazi experiments and data

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 08:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

It's been 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of the concentration camps and extermination centres. In Auschwitz and other camps across Germany, Poland and France, some of the most...

Proud

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I don’t much appreciate the callsign or slogan, call it what you will, which proclaims that one is  “proud to be Maltese”. Frankly I do not see why I should be proud of...

That little green door to the left

Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 08:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The high perimeter walls and security lighting. The shrill barbed wire.  The watchful ‘eyes’ of the surveillance cameras. The bellicose x-ray body scanner. The...

Why compromise Għadira?

Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 08:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

Information regarding the proposed redevelopment of the Mellieħa Bay Hotel overlooking Għadira bay, has been partly published. The official plans relating to the actual planning application...

In the rule of law we trust

Monday, 27 January 2020, 08:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

In the last three years, government, opposition and civil society activists have ridden on the 'rule of law' wagon. Only a few days ago, the new Prime Minister, Robert Abela, has pledged to strengthen...

Consultation

Monday, 27 January 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The state bodies which as a category, are set up under constitutional rules that require the Prime Minister to first consult the Leader of the Opposition before they are carried forward, again came...

Post-Muscat Stress Disorder

Sunday, 26 January 2020, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

"Muscat's sarcasm and cynicism had of late become nauseating. At least now, the sarcasm and forced smiles have evaporated. The country has breathed a sigh of relief. There's still a lot to be done,...

Establishment zeal

Sunday, 26 January 2020, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

Left-of-centre-inclined people instinctively feel uncomfortable when the Establishment shows as much zeal as it has over what the new Prime Minister has already done and achieved in his first two...

Good governance is founded on transparency

Sunday, 26 January 2020, 10:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Transparency is the indispensable foundation of good governance. In contrast, bad governance is generally wrapped in secrecy through the withholding of information that should be in the public...

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