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My Tuesday intuitions - The promise

Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 09:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

Seismologists use a seismograph to measure an earthquake.  The seismograph is an instrument that measures seismic waves caused by an earthquake.  The gross domestic product is one of the...

Incinerator? No thanks.

Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 09:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Waste is a resource that should be used instead of being thrown away. For this to be achieved, we need to change from a linear to a circular economy. Malta’s waste management strategy identifies...

Delia’s seat and beyond

Monday, 25 September 2017, 10:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

The difficulties that the Nationalist Party faced to find a seat in the House of Representatives for its new leader Adrian Delia is pure evidence that the division that emerged strongly in the...

Precarious work

Monday, 25 September 2017, 07:34 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

It is highly probable that instead of being in decline, precarious employment in Malta is on the rise. Which applies not just for foreign workers coming from Africa or the Middle East but equally for...

Now that the dust has finally settled

Sunday, 24 September 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

Well, well, well, what a stir that caused. Many people thought I was mad for tackling a topic like abortion in such a public and head on way, and perhaps I was, but I am certainly glad I did. Whilst...

Week 1: Result Nil

Sunday, 24 September 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

It is now a week since Adrian Delia was elected PN leader and he has very meagre results to show. Up to the time of writing, he is still not sure that he can get a seat in Parliament and without...

Of course it’s not normal

Sunday, 24 September 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

Fresh from a hardly convincing win in the PN leadership contest, it looks like Adrian Delia took the opportunity of his highly amusing embrace with Simon Busuttil, who had made it pretty clear he did...

Back to the 80s

Saturday, 23 September 2017, 09:01 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

Either we have gone a little schizophrenic on this island or we believe in fairy tales. Enthusiasm and hope was quite evident on the granaries on Wednesday evening as Adrian Delia strode up to...

A seat, a seat – my kingdom for a seat

Thursday, 21 September 2017, 11:08 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

While I am writing this, the new Nationalist Party leader has yet to speak at the Independence Eve mass rally and so I do not know whether he is about to make an announcement about how he plans to...

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