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Sauce for the goose

Thursday, 14 January 2016, 11:05 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The deputy mayor of Xghajra has been sacked from the Labour Party after he refused to resign his position on the local council when he was asked to do so by the party bosses. They were then...

Precarious work

Thursday, 14 January 2016, 07:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

I'm unconvinced that the struggle against precarious work is being won, and not only in Malta. In a globalised economy, with frontiers open for widespread immigration, full scope is being discovered...

When young people ‘float down, like autumn leaves’

Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 12:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I am one who believes that journalism and broadcasting should be celebrating as many positives that happen around us as possible notwithstanding the constant tragedies and the sad moments that our...

It’s the PM’s fault, not Bedingfield’s

Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 07:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

The latest outburst on the social media by Labour journalist, turned MEP, turned adviser, turned administrator of PQs in the Office of the Prime Minister (with time to trudge next to heads of...

Having a nice cup of tea with the PM

Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 11:05 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

A record crowd gathered in St. George’s Square and adjoining streets in Valletta to wave goodbye to 2015 and to greet 2016. Party-goers popped champagne bottles, hugged and kissed during the...

Stop defending the indefensible

Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 07:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Dr Owen Bonnici is one of those Labour ministers I used to admire when as junior minister, he stood up to the Labour Minster Manwel Mallia and refused to continue serving under him as Parliamentary...

What is being lost in translation?

Monday, 11 January 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Our vulnerability is being lost in translation. Keeping the feel good factor high is important . It is  important to keep minds and bodies going, to fuel ambition, fire motivation to achieve...

Digital

Monday, 11 January 2016, 07:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

With the passage of time, the digital challenge becomes more acute. Informatics, mostly through the internet,  have come to determine how we communicate, buy and pay, work and get entertained, as...

Reverse racism

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 11:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

It is a mass phenomenon that has spread across most of the civilised world and especially in Malta: the refusal to speak about or discuss anything that touches race, the clash of civilisations or...

What about the woman?

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Yet another tug-of-love story has made the news, and I am not quite sure I know what to think. I know what my gut reaction is, as a woman and a mother, but then I remember that I should at least try...

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