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We still allow human sacrifice to greedy gods

Sunday, 8 March 2020, 09:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

The giant crane moves slowly, ever so slowly. The wind shakes it but it keeps steady on its concrete platform. The excavator does what it was created to do and bores deep into the ground.  Our...

Facing the horsemen of the Apocalypse

Sunday, 8 March 2020, 09:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

It is difficult not to feel sympathy for Robert Abela these days. After a reign of one and a half terms with Joseph Muscat at the helm with a booming economy, an ever increasing number of jobs, a...

Desperation

Saturday, 7 March 2020, 08:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Desperation.  Nothing but frustrating, furious, angry and sad desperation has gripped us all now.  The feeling is a collective one.  Some feel it and keep quiet because they want to...

Migration crises in the making

Friday, 6 March 2020, 13:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

In a message from Brussels, MEP candidate Peter Agius explains that thousands of migrants are presently at the border with Greece and Bulgaria after declarations by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan that...

Strengthening two pillars of our society

Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

The European Commission’s ‘Country Report Malta 2020’, published on the 26th of February gives a thorough look at Malta’s performance in various sectors, including education...

Gender quotas

Thursday, 5 March 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

That agreement has been reached between the government and the opposition on the measures to be introduced in order to ensure a progressively greater participation of women in political office, was...

Is Malta facing a political rupture?

Thursday, 5 March 2020, 07:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

The recent Eurobarometer survey may have given hope to those who aspire to see a shift in Malta’s political system. But the recent MaltaToday and Torca surveys (both polled after Eurobarometer)...

Studying crime

Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 07:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Somehow human nature, mingled with circumstances, triggers some or many to take on a criminal career.  The impact on society of the behavior of others leaves a massive impact and not only on the...

From Grade 1 Scheduling to Commemorative Plaques

Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 09:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

In June 2019, Scicluna Enterprises submitted a planning application requesting to tear down one of the oldest townhouses in St Julian’s and develop in its place 14 apartments over four floors....

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