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PN leader: Not necessarily cut from the same cloth

Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 08:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

One of the first arguments that people put forward when Joseph Muscat succeeded Alfred Sant as the leader of the Labour Party was that it was more of the same, that the man was cut from the same cloth...

PN leadership race: Men behaving as they should

Monday, 6 May 2013, 08:06 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

After the incessant internecine fighting which wracked the Nationalist Party over the past five years, it was so refreshing to see men behave with dignity, loyalty, a sense of duty and above all else,...

The wrong message

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 08:51 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Despite the circumstances taken into consideration this week when the courts delivered an arguably lenient sentence to three 17-year-old boys involved in the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl, the...

PN leadership race: A symbolic attempt to show unity

Friday, 3 May 2013, 08:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The four candidates who are vying to lead the Nationalist Party are set to take part in an activity tonight together.   It will be an unprecedented event in the PN’s history, as the...

Politics: The role of an Opposition

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 12:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Nationalist Party is in a transition.   It is in between leaders, so to speak. Lawrence Gonzi announced that he will not be seeking re-election as party leader soon after the election...

Precious donation: Lifeblood

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 08:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The act of donating blood has what is perhaps the ultimate cost to benefit ratio: it costs absolutely nothing, except for a little time, and it literally saves lives.   That message was...

National projects: Do not leave any leftovers, please

Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 08:31 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This leader is not an immediate reaction to the short debate in Parliament’s question time on Monday and to any developments and/or announcements made on what is to happen to the Renzo Piano...

Gender equality: Malta still lags behind

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 08:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In a seminar which was geared towards discussing the role of Maltese women in politics, a worrying snippet of information was revealed. Maltese women have the second lowest fertility rate in the EU at...

The first half of the government’s honeymoon

Monday, 29 April 2013, 08:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

As expected, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was confirmed as Labour Party leader with an overwhelming support during the party’s general conference held over the weekend.   Only 20 of...

Immunity

Sunday, 28 April 2013, 09:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Really and truly, newly elected Member of European Parliament Claudette Abela Baldacchino yesterday chose the only avenue open to her by declaring that she would renounce the immunity from prosecution...

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