History must not repeat itself
Sunday, 19 October 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Mifsud
The fear of history repeating itself forced me to re-read the story of Germany between 1928 and 1933. By 1928, Germany was recovering well from the shattering experience of the First World War and the...
Church resignations
Saturday, 18 October 2014, 17:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Archbishop Mgr Paul Cremona has resigned the post. He has said that he has been thinking about it for two years, and that he is leaving the helm of the church in Malta. It has taken him quite a while,...
How the police proceed
Saturday, 18 October 2014, 15:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
A former senior police officer, ex-Assistant Commissioner Michael Cassar, was in the news recently in connection with the case instituted by the Prime Minister against the Opposition Leader following...
Ready, aim… fire
Saturday, 18 October 2014, 08:54
Last update: about 12 years ago
Rachel Borg
Throughout the legislature of the Nationalist Government, so much negative propaganda was thrown by the opposition (and from its own backbenches) at any legislations, projects, initiatives and...
Spinning out of control
Friday, 17 October 2014, 07:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
You have to hand it to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. He is a pro at covering incompetence, creating excuses and spinning his storylines. When the electoral campaign kicked off in January 2013,...
The MUT’s religious 'Realpolitik'
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 09:39
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Kevin Bonello, the President of the Malta Union of Teachers recently referred to the religious curriculum in our schools. This was not a casual reference and a section of the press used it to fire its...
Sometimes, it’s just not appropriate to be positive
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 08:22
Last update: about 12 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The prime minister quite obviously thinks that the most suitable attitude to adopt, as his government is mired in a slew of bad news concerning its roadmap, is a positive one. Never has he...
The PN under the magnifying glass
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 08:28
Last update: about 12 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Rightly or wrongly, people pass judgment on others by using different yard sticks. Political parties are continuously under scrutiny and are even put to the test from time to time. Judgements...
A promise not fulfilled
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 08:22
Last update: about 12 years ago
Stephen Calleja
It was not a surprise to me that the government has failed to deliver on its pre-election promise that Malta would have a new gas-fired power station up and running by March 2015. I am not an...
A dictatorship without an alternative
Monday, 13 October 2014, 17:16
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
In these past weeks, we had the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and the Leader of the Opposition, Dr Simon Busuttil, giving us two diverse opinions on our economy. The Malta Independent reported the...