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Thursday, 26 February 2015, 07:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

We are about to see illustrated the reason why somebody as politically committed and with the personality of Wenzu Mintoff should not have been made a judge. The Ombudsman has long been involved in a...

Swiss cheese

Thursday, 26 February 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Michael Falzon and Ninu Zammit, retired for some years from politics, are back in the news for the wrong reasons. Tax evasion and false declarations. They have tried to give some explanations....

Blame it all on Austin

Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 13:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

I was going to say that it was surprising that the Prime Minister’s initial reaction to the story carried in The Malta Independent on Sunday on Swiss Leaks was to defend Michael Falzon and Ninu...

Replenishing our voluntary sector

Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

With the expeditious changes that are affecting and transforming our society, it is becoming increasingly complex to manage our communities and consequently the impact is that some may fall by the...

Conducting healthy industrial relations

Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 08:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

Conducting healthy industrial relations at the place of work is a must to ensure higher levels of workers’ job satisfaction and improved workers’ motivation and therefore higher output....

The PN and the hidden Swiss accounts

Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

The investigation carried out by the Malta Independent on Sunday about the hidden Swiss accounts of some of our politicians was a political shock. There is no doubt that many of us believe that...

Adjusting the sails

Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

'The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.’  William Arthur Ward   Libyan families are terrified,...

Michael Falzon should have come clean in 1987

Sunday, 22 February 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The big story yesterday was broken by Michael Falzon himself ahead of this newspaper's publication of a story about him today. A journalist from The Malta Independent surprised him with some quite...

The fallout from Libya

Sunday, 22 February 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

Over the past days, public comment has focused mainly on the danger of an IS attack on Malta, however improbable that may be. The very fact how this debate has been led shows how uninformed...

Unite and conquer

Sunday, 22 February 2015, 10:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Jenny Pullicino Orlando

History has shown us that an invading force's ability to 'divide and rule' is crucial to its success in establishing itself in the country it has captured. The Islamic State (IS) has flipped this...

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