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Crocodile tears

Monday, 27 March 2017, 07:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Lots of crocodile tears have been shed about the draft new law on media. For quite a while, it was clear that the existing legislation needed to be amended, especially due to the emergent and by...

History of falconry in Malta with a difference

Monday, 27 March 2017, 07:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

On Tuesday 21 February, I attended a very interesting evening at the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta entitled Falco-on-Aria. The subject was photographs of men and falcons taken by Serena...

When any vehicle can be a murder weapon

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The act of murder on London’s Westminster Bridge has been the subject of endless news coverage over the last few days, but while it is welcome to the media channels which are invariably...

The great Catholic rebellion

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 09:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Back in the 1980s we had the big Catholic rebellion when the KMB government targeted the Catholic schools. This was very much a grass roots rebellion, not led by the official church at the beginning,...

Teaching Islam in schools – what are you so afraid of?

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Alice Taylor

The topic of the moment appears to be centred on the suggestion that Islam could be taught in schools in Malta. Predictably, this has been met with cries of blasphemy, racial slurs, unsubstantiated...

A charter of commitment

Saturday, 25 March 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

The recent froth that has risen to the surface of the troubled waters has laid bare the vulnerability of words against facts, of reality challenging perceptions.  In a show me yours and I'll not...

‘What are we going to do with religion?’ – Salvu Mallia

Friday, 24 March 2017, 11:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

Salvu Mallia spoke about the Archbishop and Islam in Church schools in his video blog today. He said that "We are living in a new reality, where there are persons from other religions, not just...

INDEPTH: Chris Cardona’s alibi might not be enough

Friday, 24 March 2017, 11:21 Last update: about 8 years ago INDEPTH online

Economy Minister and PL Deputy Leader Chris Cardona denied that he was against the removal of garnishee orders as proposed by Government in the new media bill, yet he believes that he was right in being the first politician to file such a garnishee against a journalist, freezing nearly €50,000 of her assets. ...

A deal bad for our health

Friday, 24 March 2017, 09:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The controversial ITS deal brought with it huge connotations which have created a political earthquake in our system. In my opinion, not enough has been said about the details of the deal. Last...

Tanya Borg Cardona should just step down

Thursday, 23 March 2017, 10:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The people who work for the Broadcasting Authority are paying the price for the Prime Minister’s carefully contrived malice in appointing Tanya Borg Cardona chairman of the Broadcasting...

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