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Malta’s true unsung heroes

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 08:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

In a week punctuated by dramatic developments with near perfect timing, yet more scandals, and partisan trolling of the highest degree, the news that our Great Leader's wife, Michelle Muscat was named...

Thoughts about law and order

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 09:16 Last update: about 10 years ago Owen Bonnici

Following the heinous murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, people here in Malta started speaking about law and order more than any other point in recent history. All of a sudden, law and order...

An uncommon challenge

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 09:13 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

We are making life so much more difficult and embarrassing for ourselves than we need to. Why does Joseph Muscat's Cabinet find it so necessary to rely on a distortion of the rule of law in order...

Legitimate?

Thursday, 7 December 2017, 07:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

A (non-Maltese) friend explained what in his view, is the huge difference within Western democracies between the political behaviour of left and right wing parties when they find themselves in...

New petrol stations: immediate moratorium needed

Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 09:52 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

For a short period of time, the number of new petrol stations in Malta was on the decline but recently this trend has reversed, undoubtedly as a result of the Planning Authority 2015 Fuel Service...

Where have the social values gone?

Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 09:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

As a social scientist I am naturally inclined to be interested in the different ideologies that can help us explain so much in life; where the Government positions itself, what type of economy we...

Daphne’s murder: Public needs to be informed - Miriam Dalli

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 15:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Miriam Dalli

Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said the public needs to be kept informed on the developments related to the investigations following the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The press conference...

How low can you go!

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 09:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

I find it difficult to grasp the reasons why people opt to dig their heels deep in the ground and refuse to alter their course of action and/or opinion instead of taking the admirable way and search...

The petty-mindedness of it all

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

As Malta’s steadfast march to further economic success – which will continue to support her social welfare policies and foster investment, stability and unprecedented achievements in...

The parking lot model

Monday, 4 December 2017, 07:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

I must admit I hardly find attractive the model currently being proposed for the future development of Malta. I fail to see how it can be considered as a stable perspective, since it makes the...

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