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Not just the walls

Sunday, 21 February 2016, 10:02 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

It is a pleasure to see most of the Three Cities area undergoing a gradual transformation as it develops into what many of us have always insisted it should be – a major tourist attraction on...

Camel's nose

Saturday, 20 February 2016, 10:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

The camel's nose is a metaphor for a situation where the permitting of a small, seemingly innocuous act will open the door for larger, clearly undesirable actions.  The story goes that one...

Eva Peron and doctors

Friday, 19 February 2016, 12:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

A little incident happened last Wednesday in Parliament during question time. My colleague, Marthese Portelli, posed a supplementary question. Joseph Muscat, the most feminist prime minister in...

Magistrate to be Caroline Farrugia Frendo

Friday, 19 February 2016, 08:09 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Anglu Farrugia’s daughter continues to be in the news and this is happening simply because of her father’s position and political affiliations. Anglu Farrugia has belatedly denied...

Notes from a corrupt island

Thursday, 18 February 2016, 10:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The main reason corruption and cronyism exist is because they are entirely possible, and because no government wishes to put in place measures that wrest control of certain decisions from cabinet...

Sheep

Thursday, 18 February 2016, 07:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Is it possible that no solution could be found to the problem caused by the herd of sheep in Gozo whose existence clashes with veterinary regulations, and which now live under sentence of death? Do no...

A no-nonsense Commissioner for Children

Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 07:46 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

It doesn't come as a surprise that Pauline Miceli is already starting to leave her mark as Commissioner for Children.  When her name was touted, a couple of weeks back, I hoped that we wouldn't...

Crossing from one party to another

Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 08:48 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

Besides the ongoing socio-economic political debate, no doubt, there are other important things in life.  But many are marginalised.  Without in anyway belittling the importance of the...

A good initiative in education

Monday, 15 February 2016, 09:40 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat used the General Annual Meeting of the Birgu Labour Party Club to re-assure the nation that the next two years are going to be far better than the three that have just...

Could have been worse

Monday, 15 February 2016, 08:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Compared to that of other countries, the percentage of the total energy we consume that comes from renewable sources is miserable. It is about 4.7per cent, less than half the target that we’ve...

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