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Empty words about traffic … are not a perception

Monday, 20 October 2014, 07:50 Last update: about 13 years ago

Joe Mizzi’s worst enemy is … Joe Mizzi. His trademark stentorian voice must have cowed people when he was in Opposition but now that he is in government rather more than shouting and...

The gloves are coming off

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 13:35 Last update: about 13 years ago

That a strong Opposition equals a strong democracy is a time-honoured and undisputed truth. But we have to say that since the March 2013 election, by and large, with the exception of a handful of...

Politics: Made in China

Saturday, 18 October 2014, 07:51 Last update: about 13 years ago

On Thursday night, the Department of Information sent all newsrooms in Malta an email containing a link to a video clip. Curious, we thought. Normally, the DOI sends a messenger round with...

Traffic: It’s not perception, it’s very real

Friday, 17 October 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago

A supposed traffic expert was speaking during a television programme this week and said that traffic problems are ones of perception. The claim prompted outcry as people took to Facebook the next...

Health: Laughter, the best medicine

Thursday, 16 October 2014, 08:19 Last update: about 13 years ago

Imaging putting in a grueling 12 hour shift, working the wards at hospital, going about your daily routine of diagnosing people and giving them care to recover from their illness or to help them deal...

Consensus: The real decision was about the hunting referendum

Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 08:27 Last update: about 13 years ago

The  Justice Minister yesterday announced that the local council elections which were planned to be postponed for five years will go ahead as originally planned in 2015. The ones which were...

Power station: Why promise when you can’t deliver?

Monday, 13 October 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago

Last year, the Prime Minister made various promises to the effect that the new gas fired power station in Delimara would be up and running, producing power under its own steam. However, in the past...

Government’s total blackout on the new power station

Sunday, 12 October 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago

For the last two weeks this newspaper has run consecutive articles on the viability of the new gas-fired Delimara power station being up and running by next March, as per this government's...

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