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Glenn B’s paparazzi

Friday, 23 December 2016, 09:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The events which take place in Parliament are not always caught on camera. Sitting in the chamber gives you the privilege of seeing and hearing things which are very often not seen on the...

Giving rights to the voiceless

Friday, 23 December 2016, 08:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Mizzi

The oft-said assertion that animals need to have a “voice” in modern society may have become a cliche’, but the bitter truth is that there are still realities to be addressed in the...

‘Tis the season to be angry

Thursday, 22 December 2016, 10:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I have never quite understood why politicians who are at each other’s throats for 350 days a year are expected to be jolly and charming to each other for the other two weeks around Christmas and...

Banks loaded

Thursday, 22 December 2016, 07:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

It was announced that the Bank of Valletta needs to change the business model by which it has organized borrowing and lending. It also needs to maintain a higher capital reserve – meaning funds...

Avrai – war is not over

Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 11:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Music is one of my passions. One of my greatest regrets is that I did not take up guitar or piano lessons when I was younger. They say it’s never too late to learn but now, at my age, everything...

Selva oscura

Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 08:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Dr Dione Mifsud, Head of the Department of Counselling at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing (University of Malta) has recently delivered a deferential Oration during the conferment of the Master Degree...

Resistance to antibiotics on the increase

Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 09:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Miriam Dalli

Labour MEP Miriam Dalli today warns that an increase in resistance to antibiotics is so detrimental to people’s health that it is estimated that 10 million will die as a result of this by the...

Wishing you a Happy Christmas

Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 07:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

Much as I am sure that politics is an effective tool that can improve the quality of life of people, I am just as certain that many would agree that there is more to life than politics.  However,...

Ninghaqdu

Monday, 19 December 2016, 14:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Il-bieraħ il-Prim sejjaħ għall-għaqda, kif ghamlet il-President ftit jiem qablu u kif ser jagħmlu ohrajn warajh.  Fuq din naqbel mal-Prim. Hekk...

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