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What happened on St Valentine’s Day

Sunday, 24 February 2019, 10:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The orchestrated attack on the country’s social fabric which took place on St Valentine’s Day needs to be properly analysed. It was a disgusting act by MaltaToday when it published an...

In their shoes

Sunday, 24 February 2019, 10:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

We frequently think that we are immune to some of the worst social ills that beset the rest of the world, though the web has thankfully saved us from this restricted mentality of an isolated minnow...

Steeped in corruption

Sunday, 24 February 2019, 09:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Early on Friday morning, Roberto Formigoni, the former great white hope of Italian Catholics, arrived at the prison in Bollate to begin serving five years and more of a prison sentence. He took to...

Who cares if Daphne was right?

Sunday, 24 February 2019, 08:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

In Malta, everyone, from our loony patriots to Joseph Muscat’s and Adrian Delia’s cheerleaders, cares about democracy. They are vociferous about saving and safeguarding our deep-seated and...

A broken record

Saturday, 23 February 2019, 08:12 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Back in my youth, we had records for music, that were played on a record player.  The great classics of the music industry were recorded at that time and stood the test of time.  We played...

National pride

Friday, 22 February 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

The Maltese can argue about anything but when they see that red and white flag they unite. This is something that cannot be faked. National Pride, maybe more commonly known as patriotism, is the...

Why hit at Malta?

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 07:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I have been hugely shocked by the behaviour of the PN MEPs in the European Parliament. But I was not too surprised by it. Long years ago, during the 1980’s, I had seen the same thing happen in...

Gozo as a region means giving Gozo priority

Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 09:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech speaks about the connectivity challenges faced by Gozo. He said that whereas the government promised a fourth ro-ro passenger car ferry a year ago, and a fast...

NGOs: Nowhere to be seen!

Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 08:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I can already imagine the party apologists getting their knickers in a twist but then again, this country remains anal retentive.  So, in other words whilst I appreciate every Governments’...

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