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Next Thursday’s earthquake

Sunday, 30 August 2015, 10:24 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

This will be a simulation exercise coordinated by Malta’s Civil Protection Department at 4pm next Thursday in Gozo and three hundred people will be involved. It will be carried out with EU...

Oh shucks, where was I?

Sunday, 30 August 2015, 10:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

As a seasoned media person I really should have expected it, more so in light of the current “spoiled child” mood of a certain section of the local media. Whether this negativity is all...

Blow a kiss, fire a gun

Saturday, 29 August 2015, 10:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

Life cannot be expected to always run smoothly and in one direction only. But with the passing of time and the gaining of knowledge and experience, with strategic choices of allegiance and the support...

Mater Dei: the crisis deepens

Friday, 28 August 2015, 12:50 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The Mater Dei “Hospital Activity Report” is a regular internal publication which gives a clear picture of the state of affairs within our national general hospital. It is no top secret...

Sexual Education: Back to the Middle Ages

Friday, 28 August 2015, 08:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

I have a hunch that the current Government’s decision to introduce textbooks about gender equality in State Primary Schools is in part derived from a misreading of Michel Foucault’s book...

A bad-art zoo of dead prime ministers and heads of state

Thursday, 27 August 2015, 14:31 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

It is astonishing to see how the essential point is missed, in the news that there will be no figurative statue of Dom Mintoff in Castile Place, that there should never have been plans for one at all....

Non-resident

Thursday, 27 August 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

I was surprised to learn about the resources available to non-resident ambassadors in capital cities where they are accredited. When they visit “their” capitals, travel and...

It’s not about winners and losers

Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 16:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In the political scene in Malta people from both ends of the continuum are continually on the look-out to claim ‘a victory’.  It does sound childish but every time something goes...

The Malta tangenti case

Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 13:12 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

“The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone”–John 8:7 It is deep-seated, an accepted practice in our society, that cash or in kind tokens swap hands in...

The gas power station and the rape of Marsaxlokk

Monday, 24 August 2015, 13:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The controversy around the building of a power station running on gas has till now focused on the bank guarantee but little consideration is being given to the urban impact that this new structure...

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