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Drilling through the echo chamber

Sunday, 1 September 2019, 09:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Timothy Alden

Over the past few years, watching the country rocked by one scandal after another, I admit I was initially very confused about why the electorate never seemed to punish our politicians for their...

Nothing belongs to all of us

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 08:34 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Mangion

“Employment belongs to all of us. Health belongs to all of us. Justice belongs to all of us. Meritocracy belongs to all of us. Democracy belongs to all of us. The environment belongs to all of...

Every number tells a story

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 09:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Justyne Caruana

Numbers have an important story to tell and they rely on you to give them a voice and a meaning. Success is not, in fact, measured by numbers alone but by transforming statistics into action....

Selling the soul of the West

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 08:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Timothy Alden

In 1984, China and Britain signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, outlining a roadmap for handing over of Hong Kong in 1997. According to the declaration, however, for up to 50 years afterwards,...

Judge me by what I do for you

Thursday, 22 August 2019, 10:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Mangion

My attention was drawn recently to a speech delivered by Joseph Muscat prior to the 2017 election. I had not heard nor read the particular speech as at that time I was in hospital and was not...

Force of reason

Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 12:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Godfrey Farrugia

For the past six years, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has been playing at being Malta’s knight in shining armour, who has our country’s good at heart. I was one of those who believed,...

Sizzling summers

Sunday, 18 August 2019, 12:03 Last update: about 8 years ago

Living on a Mediterranean island like ours makes it easy to forget that Europe is facing yet another scorching summer battling unprecedented heat-waves.  Unbearable record-high temperature levels...

Labour’s success is no coincidence

Sunday, 18 August 2019, 10:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Justyne Caruana

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” – Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman of...

Lest we forget

Sunday, 18 August 2019, 09:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Timothy Alden

The 15th August, the Feast of Santa Marija, is of great significance in Malta for many reasons and Operation Pedestal in particular looms large. It is the day when the SS Ohio limped into...

The hypocrisy that is Labour

Saturday, 17 August 2019, 08:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Mangion

Prior to the general elections of 2013 and of 2017 Joseph Muscat and the Labour Party presented two electoral manifestos to the nation. They included promises galore; promises of heaven on earth;...

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