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Solidarity with David Lindsay

Monday, 17 October 2016, 07:58 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

The editor of the Malta Independent on Sunday, David Lindsay, is being sued for criminal libel in connection with the news item he published about the Libya visa scam. While I have no problem with...

A pervert to lead the free world

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 11:11 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The police are working overtime to combat crime, including rampant white-slave trafficking, drug-dealing and corruption. They made a major breakthrough yesterday when they succeeded in identifying and...

The one who crossed over

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 10:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

The most intriguing news this past week, at least as I see it, is that Caroline Muscat has been appointed to lead the PN election campaign. I want to make it clear from the outset that, strange...

It just won’t go away

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

If anything, the so-called Maltese patriots’ protest at Buġibba/Qawra over the proposed mosque showed the issue just won’t go away, conveniently shelved for posterity in the banal...

Claiming back our coast

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Paceville Master Plan is rightfully subtitled: Malta’s prime coastal location. However, it considers the coast as a money-spinner and completely ignores Parliament’s decision earlier...

'No, I don’t have a clue'

Saturday, 15 October 2016, 09:34 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

The Convenience Ones Amongst these we find the now famous Positions of Trust.  Anyone from the tea lady to the dog trainer, the janitor who watches the toilets in Hondoq and the crowd of...

Lack of humour and Michelle’s dress - Salvu Mallia's vlog

Friday, 14 October 2016, 08:20 Last update: about 9 years ago Salvu Mallia

In his vlog today, Salvu Mallia points out how, as a nation, we lack a sense of humour and takes matters too personally. People who cannot take a joke either have something to hide or suffer from...

From Opposition to alternative government

Friday, 14 October 2016, 08:01 Last update: about 9 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

This year the PN has presented its own pre-budget document once again. The document was discussed with the social partners and published for general interest. “Let’s All Succeed...

Notes on a Thursday

Thursday, 13 October 2016, 11:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

A 26-year-old unemployed man who was sentenced to nine months in prison for blinding his girlfriend in one eye has now been ordered by judgement in a civil suit which the girlfriend filed to pay her...

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