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The deputy leaders’ debate

Wednesday, 9 January 2013, 08:02 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Houston, we have a problem.   Here we are, preparing ourselves for the election and they suddenly remove the carpet from under our feet. All our lives we have always lived through election...

It’s not a bad idea

Tuesday, 8 January 2013, 08:34 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The idea that industrial negotiations should hibernate in the weeks and months leading up to the election should be given serious consideration.   We are too late for this in the current...

The start of the election campaign

Monday, 7 January 2013, 08:14 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The 7 January of this year will be remembered as the day when Parliament is officially dissolved and the election campaign starts.   Ever since the House of Representatives voted against the...

Testing the waters

Sunday, 6 January 2013, 09:23 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Trying to understand what is going on within the parties this near to Election Day is like trying to ferret out a State secret.   The public is presented with sudden decisions and many times...

It wasn’t much of a Christmas break, but now it’s over

Saturday, 5 January 2013, 12:55 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Many people who had been on shutdown are now back at work. Schools will reopen next week. The Christmas lights will be taken down and normalcy, sort of, returns.   But of course, we will not...

Are there Salafis in Malta?

Friday, 4 January 2013, 15:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The ongoing events in Northern Africa and the Near East are followed by many of us with close attention and not a little hope.   These peoples, after all, are our neighbours and culturally...

Living in an intrusive society

Friday, 4 January 2013, 08:23 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Many of us have no idea how we are progressively being surrounded by surveillance cameras.   The thin wedge of the fact emerges whenever a serious crime is committed and the investigators...

An uneventful NYE

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 09:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The strength of this country is that while at times it seems nothing can be done properly, that this country is on the edge of a cliff, and people tend to expect the worst, then when the occasion...

In the first morning of the new year

Wednesday, 2 January 2013, 08:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The sun’s rays light up a panorama of empty streets, houses still wrapped in sleep, and in street corners the evidence of the over-indulgence of the previous night. Solitary strollers encounter...

A happier and healthier New Year

Tuesday, 1 January 2013, 10:32 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The New Year has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, to the future. It's a time to reflect on the changes we want to make and resolve to follow through on those...

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