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Vulnerable

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 07:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Some people seem to have begun to understand that even though our economy is doing nicely, and has been doing so for quite a while, it remains in a vulnerable position. Much of its growth momentum is...

Nini nini!

Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 13:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Tal-Panama Labour dalwaqt ittihom ferneżija.  Kull ma jmur qed jindunaw li n-nies mhux bħanan daqs kemm jaħsbuhom. Qed jindunaw li ħlief għal dawk il-ftit - u...

On the agenda

Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 09:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The President  Last Saturday I interviewed President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca during my radio show on Radju Malta, Ghandi xi Nghid.  The President has consistently and steadily grown...

‘Go back to your own country’ is such an easy thing to say

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 08:53 Last update: about 8 years ago Alice Taylor

It is almost a month since the occupation started. After the government surrendered, television and radio were the next to go. All satellite and foreign channels are blocked, internet firewalls have...

For the sake of the nation

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 08:33 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

Following the successful mass demonstration organised by the PN in Valletta, I have pencilled in my mind the PL reaction.  The PL will not call people in a show of force demonstration, but will...

Theatrics in the House

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

It is no exaggeration to say that life as it unfolds inside the House of Representatives often resembles that on the stage. Both sets of actors take themselves very seriously, but both also know they...

Encouraging

Monday, 27 February 2017, 08:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

All signals point to the conclusion that economic growth will stay with us for the foreseeable future: which is very encouraging. Politically, this will boost the current government as a general...

Is Malta on the verge of becoming a failed state?

Monday, 27 February 2017, 08:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

The term ‘failed state’ is used in political science to describe a country that has failed in its statehood mission. It is used for those states whose political or economic system has...

Brazen is as brazen does

Sunday, 26 February 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Over the past week, I have felt we are living a sort of dual reality. In one world, I read the news portals and newspapers which are packed with stories, some of them on the front page, about how the...

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