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Moral compass

Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 08:24 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I was particularly struck by a couple of interesting issues that surfaced these last couple of days on the news (this country of ours never lets us down when it comes to polemics, as we all...

Bl-Ewropa go qalbna

Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 07:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Ħafna minnkom iħobbuh it-tuffieħ. Tħobbuh aħdar iebes, kemm kemm qares, jew aħmar nar u aktar ħelu. Daż-żmien tħobbuh ukoll f-forma tal-kaxxa...

If the mountain won't come to Muhammed, Muhammed will

Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 07:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

At a minimum, I strive to live as close as possible to the peripheries of the religion which my parents saw fit for me and my upbringing more than five decades ago.   They picked the...

Precedence

Monday, 9 January 2017, 08:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I was quite surprised to learn that the Chief Justice considered he should as a top priority at the beginning of the New Year, make a strong point about the “downgrade” in the protocolar...

The Marsaxlokk power station and the end of science

Monday, 9 January 2017, 08:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

Perhaps, one of the major stories that hit the media before the end of 2016 was the way ERA Board members voted in favour of the new gas-run power station. With the exception of one member, all the...

Suspending yourself on full pay is not disciplinary action

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

“Suspending yourself on full pay” – this is the new form of disciplinary action reserved for Labour government cronies in the civil service who are caught doing very bad things they...

Juncker’s junket’s coming to town

Sunday, 8 January 2017, 10:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

On Wednesday, the entire European Commission is travelling to Malta to mark the beginning of the six-month Maltese Presidency of the European Council. Although for us this is a memorable event,...

The logic of sustainable development

Sunday, 8 January 2017, 10:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Political discourse is nowadays peppered with the terms ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’ but often, unfortunately, their use is out of context and thereby...

The sentiment on corruption

Saturday, 7 January 2017, 07:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

There is a growing narrative taking hold that for one reason or another, be it anthropological or historical, natural or acquired, Maltese people are somehow comfortable with the knowledge that...

People have a right to know

Friday, 6 January 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

In his first blog of the year, Salvu Mallia challenges the Prime Minister to publish all the contracts related to the new power station project. The people have a right to know what deal was...

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