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Cleaning up politics

Friday, 11 March 2016, 12:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

On Tuesday, when Beppe Fenech Adami, Konrad Mizzi and Carmel Cacopardo took to the TVM arena, word has it that Labour had a huge dilemma. Nobody thought it would be a clever idea to send Konrad...

The situation is now Kafkaesque

Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Konrad Mizzi was on television with Beppe Fenech Adami (and Carmel Cacopardo of AD) and threatened to sue Fenech Adami if he read from a transcript of Simon Busuttil’s speech in parliament....

Tax

Thursday, 10 March 2016, 07:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

One finds it strange that "negotiations" are taking place between the government and the tourism sector regarding  the tax on bednights that tourists spend in hotels. There is nothing out of this...

It’s a Ronnie’s life

Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 10:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

With such a large flow of knowledge and information being thrown around, it is not surprising, even though seemingly outlandish that our media outlets decide to ignore big stories that impact our...

Garbage in, garbage out

Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 11:09 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

I am not capable to do any house or car maintenance.  I rely totally on others.  Whenever I’ve tried to lay my hands on tools, I’ve only manged to make things worse.  This...

A 'new' minister : Il-Ministru Tonna

Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 07:48 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Political history has always had individuals who wielded power behind the throne, and Malta is no different. Borg Olivier had Edgar Mizzi. Mizzi switched sides in 1971 and became Mintoff’s right...

The Phoenix

Monday, 7 March 2016, 10:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

I keep asking myself.  Is this an end, or is this a beginning? Because it is strange and unexpected.  It is also true and it is happening.  The last thing I ever...

Refugees

Monday, 7 March 2016, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

The refugees crisis will not go away soon. One reason for this is that it places the European Union before a challenge with which its structures were not really designed to cope. As of the very...

Notes from Panamalta

Sunday, 6 March 2016, 10:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

1)      Minister Konrad Mizzi has admitted to breaching the tax law. He did not register the New Zealand trust with the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, as he was obliged to do...

This is about the difference between good people and bad

Sunday, 6 March 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The most unedifying sight in this spectacle of corruption, other than the corruption itself, is the small battalion of individuals barracking from the back row that both parties are corrupt. Perhaps...

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