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Lassana: a chronicle of brooms and Bangladeshis

Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 09:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

What we have witnessed in these last days is simply shocking on so many fronts.  That we have people driving by and shooting on each other is nothing but a renascent of a Bruce Willis Die Hard...

Loyalty, honesty, experience

Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 16:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech speaks about the duty to vote on Saturday. He said that over the past 2 years he worked to improve working conditions, on various aspects related to the health...

Meritocracy in public service

Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

Success for a country in the EU requires active MEPs capable of moulding EU laws in the EP committees but also qualified public officials to push for the national interest in European Commission and...

Time to remove the blindfolds

Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 07:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Camilla Appelgren

I was reading through my old columns the other day and stumbled across my first one, where I had spoken about the sea and its importance for me throughout my life.  The following paragraph caught...

A social Europe

Monday, 20 May 2019, 09:24 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

n this vlog Michael Briguglio says that if elected to the European Parliament, he will be active for a social and environmental Europe and will defend Malta from being sold out. Briguglio will...

Campaigns

Monday, 20 May 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

During political campaigns, especially for elections, many repetitive claims are made in order to highlight topics and arguments about which citizens must decide when voting.  Still I think that...

Campaigning tricks

Sunday, 19 May 2019, 09:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Last week, I mentioned briefly a little gem of a book: Enzo Pennetta’s L’Ultimo Uomo: Malthus, Darwin, Huxley e l’invenzione dell’antropologia capitalista (The Last Man:...

Facial recognition technology: as creepy as it gets

Sunday, 19 May 2019, 09:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

San Francisco is the first city in the United States to ban the use of facial recognition technology for law enforcement purposes and other US cities may follow suit. The San Francisco debate has been...

Cleaner air: broken promises

Sunday, 19 May 2019, 09:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

An adult person takes around 20,000 breaths every single day. Our body constantly needs to breathe to be able to perform its vital functions. This is why clean air and emissions should be a major...

No state within state

Sunday, 19 May 2019, 09:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

It is good to know that the Church in Malta has the structure to investigate reports of abuse and misconduct, something Pope Francis has been demanding loudly in recent years. He has now given all...

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