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No, 2017 is not going to be better than 2016

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I suppose I should wish you all a happy new year, but I get the feeling, somehow, that it’s going to be a whole lot worse than the last one. While you’re getting and spending, it’s...

On top of the world

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 10:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

How does it feel to wake up on top of the world, sorry – of Europe? Does it feel any different from yesterday? We have not grown an inch taller and we are probably less well off than we...

The environmental deficit

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Going by the information available on the increased incidence of various types of cancers, both common and rare types, it is evident that the accumulated environmental impacts originating from human...

Everything is just swell (and swelling)

Friday, 30 December 2016, 12:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

It is the Christmas Season and we are all expected to be on our best behaviour and say nice things about each other. As a politician I feel this is an important unwritten rule and I will abide by it...

Government’s lack of socialist values

Friday, 30 December 2016, 09:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Salvu Mallia

Nationalist Party candidate Salvu Mallia has said that government has hijacked the Labour party, and that it is not a socialist government. In his vlog, Salvu Mallia also praised NGOs and...

The hijack that probably wasn’t

Thursday, 29 December 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, the lobby group whose membership covers almost all of Malta's hotels and tourism-related businesses, wondered out loud yesterday whether Air Malta is...

Do we care?

Thursday, 29 December 2016, 07:07 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

In the European Union, poverty is on the increase. Those who are well off, are getting richer. Those who are poor, are getting poorer. It is apparent that the social targets regarding poverty set...

A Christmas carol for Jason Azzopardi

Tuesday, 27 December 2016, 11:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Just like Ebenezer Scrooge, Jason Azzopardi is haunted with scenes from his past. Scrooge had to deal with the Ghost of Christmas Past while Jason has been spotlighted by the Auditor General in three...

Goodbye 2016! Hello 2017!

Tuesday, 27 December 2016, 08:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

The curtain is about to drop on 2016.  But as the clock strikes midnight on Saturday, we will greet the New Year with the enthusiasm and optimism which every New Year brings.  Many cherish...

A diminished parliament?

Monday, 26 December 2016, 07:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

With the years, the question is becoming more relevant about whether the role of Parliament has diminished further in the nation’s life. It seems as if the only time that Parliament assumes...

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