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Different considerations and interpretations

Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 08:18 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

Lately, I received a one liner e-mail. To protect the identity of the services contractor and the senior public officer, their names are not being disclosed. Hereunder, I am reproducing the e-mail in...

Rhetoric?

Monday, 2 February 2015, 09:49 Last update: about 12 years ago Marlene Farrugia

I am writing this piece right after the Prime Minister's magnificent concluding speech. I must confess that I am still overawed and positively impressed. Whoever is compiling the content and...

When a bus shelter becomes home

Monday, 2 February 2015, 09:46 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Naturally in my media role I do get people regularly coming in contact on human situations which I try to follow the best way possible and refer accordingly to the competent authorities.  I feel...

Michelle Obama passes the hemlock

Monday, 2 February 2015, 08:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

As rightly noted by a number of bloggers to my previous article, the recent death of the King of Saudi Arabia exposed the West’s hypocrisy on a number of issues and perhaps what has happened in...

In the warp and woof

Sunday, 1 February 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

Engulfed, as our communal lives frequently are, in the many controversies that rule our national life, we soon become deadened by the noise and the conflicting screams of those who try and push us...

Forcing a market into a Renzo Piano project

Sunday, 1 February 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I was tempted to ask what sort of person would do that, but we know the answer already. A few weeks after the new government was elected two years ago, the freshly-appointed Economy Minister, Chris...

11 April 2015: Empowerment Day

Sunday, 1 February 2015, 10:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The spring hunting referendum called as result of a citizens' petition and scheduled for 11 April will protect birds. It will honour a basic requirement spelt out in the EU's Birds Directive, which...

Putting the G in PIIGS

Sunday, 1 February 2015, 09:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Jenny Pullicino Orlando

This idea of the existence of a 'second' Europe has always troubled me. When I was still a student I came across the terms 'southern problem' and 'Mediterranean syndrome' in one of my one o'clock in...

Transparent tape

Sunday, 1 February 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

Whether you are red or blue, or even part of a growing mass of neutrals on these islands, you can't help feeling perplexed by Simon Busuttil's antics. His latest missive about not wanting to be...

The Three Secrets of Castille

Saturday, 31 January 2015, 07:51 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

Seriously, not even the Vatican has held the Fatima secrets as close as has our Labour government in terms of its contracts for our national energy policy. There are so many others that we are now...

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