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The movies this week

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 11:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The Keith Schembri movie should end with his stepping down.  Why? Because the implications of his shameful retreat in Court are clear. If Mr Schembri cannot answer questions posed to him in a...

We were children

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

There has been a lot of ink pumped into newsprint, and a vast amount of time and space filled by the electronic media over the Archbishop’s decision, on All Souls’ Day, to go to the...

Join the bloody dots. And move directly to jail

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 09:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

It’s kids’ play, really. Think of dot-to-dot pages for kids. You join the dots and – hey presto! – you get the full picture. Even dimwits can do it. You don’t need a PhD...

Simon’s week

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 08:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

At 6.50pm on Tuesday Adrian Delia and Clyde Puli got up from their desks in Parliament and headed out. Ten minutes later, as he had announced in the afternoon, Simon Busuttil began to speak. The...

Full circle

Saturday, 16 November 2019, 09:19 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Let us rewind back again to that day on March 6, 2016 when Simon Busuttil, then leader of the Nationalist Party, during the protest meeting called to address the public on the matter of corruption...

Carrying out reforms

Friday, 15 November 2019, 08:08 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

It was a pleasure addressing the ‘Supporting the efficiency of Justice in Malta’ – SRSS Conference Technical Support Project between the Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local...

Mob rule

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 08:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

Self-appointed experts of everything, quick fix conclusions on complex policy matters, sensational labelling of enemies via clickbait posts, black or white statements, all or nothing approaches and...

Distrust in PN

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 08:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The fact is clear that there still exists a widespread distrust of the PN, though possibly some marginal improvement on the matter has been registered recently. A crucial point remains the fact that...

Keith Schembri, dead man walking

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 09:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Needless to say, this is a metaphor. But indeed, Keith Schembri is politically finished. And if his boss has any sense, he should realise this and fire him immediately. Ironically but not...

Mental health: 50 important facts

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 09:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Last Saturday’s Ghandi xi Nghid, the current affairs programme I anchor on Radju Malta dealt with issues surrounding mental health.  These last couple of years we have seen this topic...

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