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Political accountability: Michael Falzon must resign

Thursday, 5 November 2015, 09:25 Last update: about 12 years ago

There are no more ifs, ands or buts, no more delaying as inquiries drag on (or are made to drag on) ad infinitum: Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon must do the right thing and step down of his...

The unfortunate but inevitable outcome

Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 09:33 Last update: about 12 years ago

No country sees a good man go without a heavy heart and Malta being smaller than most countries is even more dependent on each and every citizen. Dr Joe Cassar, who yesterday bowed to the...

If not by law, the burqa must be removed by popular fear

Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

There is no doubt that for the Maltese in general, as well as for many peoples in Europe, the insistence by Muslim persons, women especially, to wear the traditional Muslim headgear, the burqa, is a...

Stormy day for former minister

Monday, 2 November 2015, 09:30 Last update: about 12 years ago

Joe Cassar, a successful psychiatrist in private practice and former parliamentary secretary and later Minister for Health in the Gonzi administration was the only one out of that Cabinet who voted...

State surveillance: apparently here to stay

Sunday, 1 November 2015, 11:50 Last update: about 12 years ago

The government is very clearly not even considering changing its surveillance regime, despite calls from the United Nations, the European Courts and, just this week, the European Parliament. Such...

Parliament: Estimates done, now onto the agenda

Saturday, 31 October 2015, 16:42 Last update: about 12 years ago

And so, it’s done and dusted. Two and a half weeks after Finance Minister Edward Scicluna delivered the Budget Speech for 2016, the estimates for 15 minutes have been debated and now all that is...

Cancer: The great wake-up call

Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 12:21 Last update: about 12 years ago

On Monday, the World Health Organisation dropped an atomic bomb in terms of publishing a report which found that processed meat and even red meat is carcinogenic to humans. Worse still, it said...

Transport: A welcome move... in theory

Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 11:38 Last update: about 12 years ago

The news that the government announced (in a convoluted way) in the budget, to allow general motor vehicle licence holders to be legally allowed to ride two-wheel vehicles with up to a  capacity...

Standards: Improving the Police Corps

Saturday, 24 October 2015, 08:31 Last update: about 12 years ago

Malta’s Police Corps is still struggling to recover from scandal after scandal that has rocked it to the core this last year or so. From allegations of corruptions to mass retirements and...

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