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Bringing order to the world of free expression

Sunday, 26 February 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

I never cease to wonder at the sheer stupidity and lack of foresight of those who govern us. This latest foray into free expression made possible by the internet and its wonderful opportunities...

Joseph tweets a selfie from Girgenti

Sunday, 26 February 2017, 10:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

A week ago, during a short break from a very "fruitful" meeting of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group, Joseph Muscat, the Prime Minister tweeted a selfie. The selfie included a number of hangers-on...

No political price

Saturday, 25 February 2017, 09:28 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Scammers, the lot.   Konrad Mizzi's and Keith Schembri's supposed audit of their financial affairs have been in the Prime Minister's desk drawer since 21st September 2016 and 12th October,...

INDEPTH: Police ignored 28 suspicious cases flagged by FIAU – Arnold Cassola

Friday, 24 February 2017, 12:28 Last update: about 8 years ago INDEPTH online

The police have ignored 28 suspicious cases flagged by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit last year, a situation that angered members of the PANA committee who were in Malta last week, Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Arnold Cassola said....

Is the economy really strong?

Friday, 24 February 2017, 10:34 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

The government is making a big deal about a strong economy, but is this really so when one considers that there is an opposition to the increase of the minimum wage, Salvu Mallia asks today. Is...

The Muscat Syndrome

Friday, 24 February 2017, 08:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The Muscat Syndrome is spreading far and wide within the government’s Cabinet of Ministers and Members of Parliament. It starts with employing people of trust by the dozens. It goes on to serve...

Safe haven

Friday, 24 February 2017, 08:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Mizzi

When one assesses the marked increase in foreign investment that has taken place in the last four years, there is really one particular outcome: Malta is considered a safe haven, not only economically...

Cracking under pressure

Thursday, 23 February 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Prime Minister, his now largely invisible chief of staff, and his favourite cabinet minister put up a sordid show over the last few days – more sordid, that is, than usual – showing...

Girgenti: demarcation line between party and state

Thursday, 23 February 2017, 07:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Meeting the Chief Electoral Commissioner Mr Joseph Church last Tuesday, together with Arnold Cassola, I raised the issue of the use of the Inquisitor’s Palace at Girgenti by the Labour Party...

Conflicts of interest

Thursday, 23 February 2017, 07:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Too often in the conduct of public affairs, conflicts of interest arise which are allowed to happen as if they were nothing at all. It is true that we should not exagerrate by converting every...

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