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Fake news

Thursday, 4 June 2020, 07:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

What actually happened during the alleged attack by an AFM patrol boat on irregular immigrants at sea once again raises serious queries about the role being played by NGOs in the political life of...

Mark Laurence ta’ Xarabank!

Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 06:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This Mark Laurence is a fantastic guy and you will see why in a moment. I ‘got to’ know him, like most of you, through the popular TV talk show Xarabank. They say, Xarabank has...

Not a dress rehearsal

Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 07:13 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

Last Sunday, Robert Abela said that education should take precedence over punishment. Criminal law is often not the appropriate tool to educate individuals about their responsibility towards their...

Non-COVID patients

Monday, 1 June 2020, 07:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Now that it is apparent that the public health authorities have registered much progress in their war against Covid 19, it is making sense for them to devote more resources to the benefit of patients...

When silence is obscene

Sunday, 31 May 2020, 10:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

I honestly hope that by the time this angry piece of sobriety (contradiction intended) appears, the issue of the screaming crisis of illegal immigration in the Central Mediterranean will have been...

The recovery plan and Edward Scicluna’s prickly pears

Sunday, 31 May 2020, 10:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented for the consideration of the European Parliament a recovery plan worth €750 billion but which can unleash an investment...

Keith Schembri: come back, all is forgiven

Sunday, 31 May 2020, 09:37 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

Up to a few months ago, the prime minister of Malta was a certain Joseph Muscat. At least that was the official version for the history books. But the whole world knew that the real power behind...

Opening the airport without getting swamped

Sunday, 31 May 2020, 08:36 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

There are maybe other issues that are more important at this time, but certainly what emerges as top topic in people's conversations and online debate is when will the airport re-open? We should...

The breadth and the height

Saturday, 30 May 2020, 07:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

With an area of just 316 sq km, the Maltese Archipelago is one of the smallest in the world. It is jam packed with Maltese, foreigners working here, and up until recently with 2.7 million tourists....

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