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Gozo at the centre of national politics

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 09:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

In the face of the most disgraceful, distorting attacks on the Prime Minister’s family, we stay focused on the job: building Europe’s No.1 fastest-growing economy. We share the benefits of...

Reno does a Pilatus

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 09:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Clyde Puli

Looking back at these three weeks of electoral campaigning, one thing that stands out is Labour’s unpreparedness for its big appointment with the electorate. It becomes even more startling when...

Full marks for plagiarism

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 08:34 Last update: about 10 years ago Anton Refalo

It is a well-known fact the PN harbours within its ranks people with a reputation for copying, but having the Leader of the Opposition engaging in the same practice to put together a number of...

Focus on the trappings of a very corrupt government

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Michael Asciak

This government led by Joseph Muscat has been caught with its pants down. It was caught being filthy and corrupt through events that were beyond them. They did not reckon with the Panama Papers being...

Is the lesser of two evils good enough?

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 07:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

For decades, the Labour Party represented those that wanted an equal distribution of resources and the Nationalists represented those that wanted tradition and continuity. In the last few elections...

The silent sufferers for democracy

Friday, 19 May 2017, 08:01 Last update: about 10 years ago Anna Cassar

Many years of listening to people's voices as part of my job has sensitized me to the unnoticed pain they withstand as they battle life. My last published newspaper article a few years back,...

Malta’s snap election et al

Thursday, 18 May 2017, 09:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Ray Bugeja

After barely 4 years in government the Prime Minister called an early election – significantly during Malta’s presidency of the European Union. Why? Was it, as he says, because the...

A choice based on economic and social progress

Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 10:22 Last update: about 10 years ago Alex Muscat

On the 3rd June voters will choose between Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil. They will decide whether to end midway the plan that Joseph Muscat initiated in 2013 or whether they want to continue on....

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