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Nights at A&E

Sunday, 19 June 2016, 10:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

Over recent years, for one reason or another, I have become accustomed to spending an occasional entire night at Mater Dei’s Accident and Emergency Department. Along, I would think, with quite a...

Brussels calling

Saturday, 18 June 2016, 08:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Things are going bad for labour.  No sooner have they fronted one attack on their west flank, then another rises on the east.  The troops are getting weary and their General is hidden from...

Air Malta

Saturday, 18 June 2016, 07:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Air Malta is once again in the news. This time, its future is at stake and its plight has taken an unexpected turn following the very strong statement made by Dominic Azzopardi, the President of Air...

The mystery company taking over health for a generation

Friday, 17 June 2016, 09:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

It looks like Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) will be taking over the Gozo Hospital, St Luke’s and Karin Grech in the coming days. This is “official” not because the government (to...

Konrad Mizzi is now the bloodstain that won’t wash

Thursday, 16 June 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Konrad Mizzi, who hasn’t gone anywhere and who seems keen to sit aboard Muscat’s ship and sink it, has not got the decency to lie down quietly in the shade and pretend to be invisible. And...

Brexit anxieties

Thursday, 16 June 2016, 07:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

As the date of the British referendum about whether the UK should remain a member of the EU came closer, tension in the Remain camp increased. This was quite unexpected since one way or the other, the...

Wrong move, Simon

Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 09:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

The Nationalist Party took a bizarre decision to re-instate Samuel Azzopardi to the post of Victoria mayor after on Tuesday he was found guilty of driving under the influence following a traffic...

Cottonera shines

Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 08:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

From all the jobs I’ve had over these last 30 years or so, my time spent at Fortini Boys’ Secondary School in Vittoriosa teaching PSD and serving as a guidance teacher were probably...

The return of the conservative voter

Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 09:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

The election of Chris Cardona as deputy leader of the Malta Labour Party was written on the wall. What is surprising is the number of votes that Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi obtained despite the fact that...

Crunch time for Britain

Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 08:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

It is crunch time for Britain.  A referendum is round the corner.  This should decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union.  In an exclusive poll carried out for...

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