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Lessons to be learnt: Police can better calm situations

Monday, 1 December 2014, 08:19 Last update: about 13 years ago

The grand jury that declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was focused on whether he might have acted in self-defence when he shot and killed unarmed, 18-year-old Michael...

Bridging with China

Sunday, 30 November 2014, 10:09 Last update: about 13 years ago

There are a great many questions to be asked about the great Gozo bridge project, some of the details of which were published by this and another Sunday newspaper last week. Such questions centre...

Libya: Foreign Minister is right to worry about IS

Saturday, 29 November 2014, 08:36 Last update: about 13 years ago

When people think of Islamic State, they often think of the barbarous and terrible atrocities committed in Syria and Iraq. But Islamic State is already bigger than that. The self-styled Islamic...

Shooting incident: Why did it take a week?

Friday, 28 November 2014, 08:04 Last update: about 13 years ago

Paul Sheehan, the police constable who fired shots into a car was on Wednesday charged with attempted murder. And the question immediately arises, why did it take a week to see him in the...

White ribbon day: Violence is never acceptable

Thursday, 27 November 2014, 10:03 Last update: about 13 years ago

This week marked White Ribbon Day - a campaign aimed to end violence against women. The twist to it is that the campaign is organised and endorsed by men who will not stand for violence against...

Budget 2015: Lost in translation

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 08:31 Last update: about 13 years ago

The big days of Budget 2015 have now come and gone, with the Budget Speech last week and the speeches by the two leaders this week. Up till Tuesday at noon, we had heard a total of six or seven...

The Church: Thanks, Mgr Cremona

Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago

The crowds of faithful who thronged to St John's on Sunday to thank Mgr Paul Cremona for the few years he spent as Archbishop of Malta were expressing the thoughts of many more in the church and...

President’s Fun Run: A record turnout should make us proud

Monday, 24 November 2014, 08:06 Last update: about 13 years ago

More than 16,000 people yesterday turned out en masse to take part in the President's Charity Fun Run to raise money for this year's L-Istrina to help those who need to support. The event was...

Should Mallia go or not?

Sunday, 23 November 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago

There is no doubt whatsoever that Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia has found himself in a very tight corner indeed following this week's utterly reprehensible actions of one of his drivers, the...

Poverty: Addressing severe material deprivation

Saturday, 22 November 2014, 08:26 Last update: about 13 years ago

It has emerged that Malta is among a few European Union member states where the severe material deprivation rate increased between 2008 and 2012. The rate went up by 4.5%. Other countries where the...

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