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Delivering on our time frames

Sunday, 18 June 2017, 08:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

Creativity runs through many categories and phases in life, and in politics it is a necessary stimulus when designing and planning projects that are intended to last for the benefit of entire...

Emerging leaders

Sunday, 18 June 2017, 08:43 Last update: about 10 years ago Charló Bonnici

A fortnight has now passed since the General Election, however the results are still being analysed and discussed – particularly on social media. One aspect of this particular election that...

A bridge too far

Sunday, 18 June 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Michael Asciak

I think that the loss of the recent election for the PN has set off a mass of speculative reasoning to explain away the loss. In my opinion, there are two tranches of reason that led to the loss or...

Is Malta slowly becoming an elective monarchy?

Monday, 12 June 2017, 08:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Joe Cassar

Some weeks before the general election 2017, my wife and I were passing through Naxxar on our way to a wedding. Hours before the PL meeting there were already stalls lined up with memorabilia. ...

Peace as a by-product of free, and prudent, democratic elections

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Douglas W. Kmiec

My fondness for all things Maltese is unabated and well-known. Sometimes I feel as if I should sign on with tenor Joseph Calleja and break out in song on random Air Malta flights: "O sole mio...". (By...

The people’s choice is my mission

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

"Politics is the art of the possible and the attainable, but most of all it is the way to the next best time for the country". This wise saying by German statesman Otto Von Bismarck perfectly...

Post mortem

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 08:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Clyde Puli

It is a week since the result of the election became known. It is still in the very recent past, but a few days' distance ensures that the raw emotions - those that do not allow you to think and...

PKF China desk salutes ‘one belt, one road’ policy

Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 09:31 Last update: about 10 years ago George M Mangion

China has been in the news lately with its policy of 'one belt one road' (OBOR) which is a novel way of spreading commerce linked to the China's historical Silk Road. It was formally announced by...

Things that matter

Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 07:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Joe Cassar

There are two realities that enticed me to put pen to paper and jot down some thoughts in this week wherein Malta and Gozo shift into a surreal reality.  For a lot of people who are still...

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