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Jobs for the boys, peanuts for the country

Saturday, 16 May 2015, 07:55 Last update: about 12 years ago

In 1987, with an election around the corner, the KMB Labour administration employed as many people as it could with parastatal corporations. It lost the election, just barely, but the public purse was...

The American Univsrsity saga: The waiting game

Friday, 15 May 2015, 08:36 Last update: about 12 years ago

With regards to this American university of Xghajra, one aspect that maybe has not been thoroughly investigated and researched, and brought to public attention, regards the concept better described by...

Nearing gridlock

Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 09:13 Last update: about 13 years ago

It has become customary and the situation deteriorates day after day and week after week: there are far too many cars on the road and this is now verging on a country-wide gridlock especially on...

Strange goings on at Zonqor

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 09:15 Last update: about 13 years ago

As much as we would wholeheartedly like to welcome each and any further development of the country's educational offering and the opening up of more prospects for Maltese students, there are just too...

UK elections: The Brexit referendum

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 08:53 Last update: about 13 years ago

Britain’s Tories registered a surprise comprehensive victory at the polls yesterday, with the Conservative Party securing an outright majority to form an exclusive government. The...

Migration: A rare day without a tragedy at sea

Friday, 8 May 2015, 08:14 Last update: about 13 years ago

As the weather gets hotter and the seas get calmer, hardly a day goes by without us hearing of yet another tragedy where people perish in the Mediterranean Sea. Yester was one such day, but this...

New university: Sustainable education

Thursday, 7 May 2015, 08:32 Last update: about 13 years ago

The government’s fledgling deal with Jordanian investors and an American university is welcome news.  We say ‘fledgling’ because what was signed on Tuesday was a heads of...

New parliament: After all the pomp, citizen apathy abounds

Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago

Speaker of the House of Representatives Anglu Farrugia has spent his entire tenure to date trying to push the message that the debating chamber belongs to the people and is a reflection of our people...

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