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Robert Abela: take a giant step or remain king of discord

Sunday, 26 January 2020, 09:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

The changes, the falls from grace, the comeuppance, the smugness turned into scowls, rather resemble a funfair with roller-coaster rides all the way. If it weren’t so tragic – and...

Robert Abela’s rollercoaster beginning

Sunday, 26 January 2020, 08:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Ideally, a new Prime Minister ought to come to the office with at least a general idea of what he wants to do, at least a core team around him and a couple of heavies to watch his back when the going...

Pasta Night

Saturday, 25 January 2020, 09:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

In a recent speech addressing a crowd of followers, newly installed Prime Minister Robert Abela had a fine time, enthusing with the audience about how their quality of life has so greatly improved...

Prioritising education

Friday, 24 January 2020, 08:14 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

The educational journey is in itself an exciting journey. As all other journeys it deals with the expectancy of reaching a destination in the future but with the unique opportunity of building in...

Lost skills

Thursday, 23 January 2020, 07:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I doubt whether I’m so wrong to suspect that since the turn of the century, Malta has lost many of its traditional skills in engineering and perhaps too in other sectors like...

A new political season?

Thursday, 23 January 2020, 07:40 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

As things stand, Malta’s two-party system seems here to stay. True, voting turnout in the 2019 European elections was a record low, but third parties did not benefit from this in terms of...

Children are not mascots!

Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 08:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This habit of pushing children to the front has picked up way too much. For every moment which is considered important by politicians you see children being paraded, conveniently so....

The right choice for Pietà

Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 07:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

The fight for the preservation of the architectural and historical heritage of Pietà continues.  There is currently a development application concerning a 19th century townhouse along the...

Contempt

Monday, 20 January 2020, 07:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

What creates most tension in the public management of any country, ours included, is the feeling of contempt towards those one disagrees with... or better, towards those who disagree with...

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