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Surveys and reassurances

Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 10:54 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I am pretty sure that both sets of party strategists are rubbing their hands after the recent polls conducted and published by Malta Today.  From whichever angle you interpret the outcomes they...

Silent trade unions

Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 14:48 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Not so long ago, under a Nationalist administration, trade unions were very active in showing their disagreement each time something that negatively affected their members came up. Spearheaded by the...

Buying black gold with gold

Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 11:17 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

Unfortunately, Malta, as yet, is not a producer of black gold.  Various attempts were made by different administrations to tap this resource.  From time to time oil exploration missions were...

PN’s environment convention: Confound me, I'll understand!

Monday, 18 January 2016, 11:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

I have to admit that I do not have much faith in PN's Conventions. I was invited to the first convention and refused. I ended up lambasting that Convention, calling the PN a weird party. The PN...

What do we believe in?

Monday, 18 January 2016, 08:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Do we believe in a caring society? But what does a caring society stand for today, when so many people contribute to L-Istrina and the rest while falling in with the slogan that the market...

A hub of crime and smuggling

Sunday, 17 January 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Over the last three years or so there have been so many killings, murders, assassinations, call them what you will, of men involved in smuggling-related organised crime that they are now impossible to...

The House’s unobtrusive move

Sunday, 17 January 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

The talk has been on constitutional reform with the usual controversies about who and how to bell the cat: who should initiate the reform of the Constitution, who should be the lead actor, what kind...

Restoring Order

Saturday, 16 January 2016, 09:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

It would be a good idea if the Prime Minister were to put Willie Mangion onto a new assignment to find a large, central, Mecca facing warehouse which can be used for another kind of practice –...

Victor Vella: My Solidarity

Friday, 15 January 2016, 11:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

One of the best journalists at Union Press or better still of l-Orizzont, Victor Vella was in the news after receiving an anonymous letter, presumably because of his writings about immigration....

From kitchen to bedroom

Friday, 15 January 2016, 09:50 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The infamous New Year’s video message from the kitchen is still on everyone’s mind and a strong conversation piece. As I said last week, the main issue is the lies. People do not accept...

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