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Public health

Monday, 14 January 2019, 09:24 Last update: about 9 years ago Michael Briguglio

Nationalist MEP candidate Michael Briguglio today speaks about public health....

Joseph, the two Matthews, and the migrants

Monday, 14 January 2019, 08:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

This week, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi chastised Matteo Salvini, Italy's current Deputy Prime Minister, over the 49-migrant crisis, taunting him that he is not a leader while Joseph...

More on remedies

Monday, 14 January 2019, 07:58 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

The same week that I mentioned in this space the lack of remedies available to those who are badly affected by an injustice or by a public project that has negative impacts for some, I got a letter...

Anesthetised accountability

Sunday, 13 January 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week, the Planning and Environment Commissioner at the Ombudsman's office held that it is nobody's business as to whether or not the Planning Authority's Board members attend Board...

A black parable for the ship called Malta

Sunday, 13 January 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Victor Calleja

Adrift. Sailing on in terrible conditions and circumstances. A Prime Minister who talks of sordid legalistic precedents and a whole population which, deprived of any moral compass, hardly...

Division seems to be the PN’s DNA

Sunday, 13 January 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

It's open warfare, it is reported, over at the Stamperija. Committees are being ordered by text or phone messages to come up with a statement affirming total trust in Adrian Delia, with most...

Not in my Name

Saturday, 12 January 2019, 09:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

Beyond the hype and the hysteria following the predicament of leader of the Opposition, Dr Adrian Delia, in regard to allegations of domestic abuse, we are faced with a stark and painful...

Democratic advances

Friday, 11 January 2019, 07:57 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

“Only three countries improved their scores in 2018: Finland, Germany and Malta.” For all those who are proud of the country they belong to, for all those who strive to better...

Forty-nine souls

Thursday, 10 January 2019, 09:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The issues involved in the question of the 49 souls on board the Sea-Watch 3 and the Professor Albrecht Penck are numerous, but they can be categorised under three headings: petty politics, politics,...

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