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Before it’s too late

Saturday, 18 January 2020, 09:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

As usual, whenever the country is distracted by national events, the elves move in and bypass protocol and ethics and do their dirty business without proper scrutiny. We are used to this...

Balance

Thursday, 16 January 2020, 08:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

In everything that relates to economic and social management, some balance needs to be maintained – between the new and the traditional; between the young and the old; between openness towards...

I will not be silenced… and some other themes

Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 14:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

During the time I have been involved in the media - which must have been at least 12 years of broadcasting with Radju Malta, anchoring a number of TV programmes (TVM and F-Living), writing opinions on...

Forget Fomm ir-Riħ

Tuesday, 14 January 2020, 08:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

The desire of some to exploit every corner of the island seems to have no bounds. It definitely felt this way when news broke of a proposed development for ‘agri-tourism accommodation’ in...

Gozo tunnel depends on maximising car movements

Monday, 13 January 2020, 09:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Gozo-Malta undersea tunnel is a tunnel for cars, not for people. It is, in fact, the antithesis of the underlying theme of the National Transport Master Plan for 2025. It is pertinent to remember...

Pause

Monday, 13 January 2020, 07:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Supporters of the Labour Party should now recognize that there is the need for a pause. It should be a period of quiet and attention till the new Prime Minister and Labour leader Robert Abela sets his...

It finally happened

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 10:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

It finally happened. We’re slightly mad. Actually, we’re not just slightly mad, we’re really mad. At Muscat who has hijacked our politics. Maltese society has abandoned all...

New broom dilemma

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 10:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

As the old cliché goes, a new broom sweeps clean and from early this very morning many people will be following proceedings in earnest as either Chris Fearne or Robert Abela – both of...

Dumbing and dumping Malta

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 09:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

I have always loved our country with its warts, pettiness and ironies. I learnt quite early how small and petty-minded we are. I am, after all, part of its fabric so I loved my, and our own,...

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