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INDEPTH: Chris Cardona’s alibi might not be enough

Friday, 24 March 2017, 11:21 Last update: about 10 years ago INDEPTH online

Economy Minister and PL Deputy Leader Chris Cardona denied that he was against the removal of garnishee orders as proposed by Government in the new media bill, yet he believes that he was right in being the first politician to file such a garnishee against a journalist, freezing nearly €50,000 of her assets. ...

A deal bad for our health

Friday, 24 March 2017, 09:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The controversial ITS deal brought with it huge connotations which have created a political earthquake in our system. In my opinion, not enough has been said about the details of the deal. Last...

Tanya Borg Cardona should just step down

Thursday, 23 March 2017, 10:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The people who work for the Broadcasting Authority are paying the price for the Prime Minister’s carefully contrived malice in appointing Tanya Borg Cardona chairman of the Broadcasting...

Terrorism

Thursday, 23 March 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Just as Daesh is getting slowly squeezed and choked out of the major areas it controlled in Sirya and Iraq, one must expect terrorist activity in Europe to ramp up. Radical Islamism had and still has...

All we are left with are the sea shells she loved

Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 09:08 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This is probably one of the Columns that hurt most when I put pen to paper.  On the other hand it was most likely even one of the quickest to write. I will not beat around the bush, it is...

Gvern Alternattiv Nazzjonali Demokratiku

Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 15:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Il-Partit tal-Labour fih zewg kurrenti: Hemm In-Nies li vvutaw ghal Malta Taghna Lkoll illum dizilluzi u ttraduti. Imbaghad hemm dawk In-nies li jappogjaw lill-panamacapulco labour li nghata l-barka u...

The pot can stop calling the kettle black

Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 13:31 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

I am quite sure that many of you have come across situations where, in your heart of hearts, you felt that the idiom 'the pot calling the kettle black' fits like a glove.  The idiom comes from...

Down Syndrome day, aimed at increasing awareness

Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 12:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Miriam Dalli

Today is a day dedicated to Down Syndrome, a day aimed at increasing our understanding about this condition and the challenges these people face, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said in her vlog. Down...

Comeback?

Monday, 20 March 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Is inflation making a comeback? We have spent quite some time regretting its absence. The European Central Bank would regularly announce that the target of a 2 per cent inflation rate still...

The de Marco controversy

Monday, 20 March 2017, 07:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

I read with great interest The Malta Independent‘s editorial on Thursday, which stated that the antagonism toward Muscat is fragmented and a fragmented Opposition can never defeat a united...

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