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Lest we forget

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Caroline Galea

Today, the Nationalist Party commemorates an event which has gone down in local political history for all the wrong reasons. A story of loss and grief on a personal level but also one of such...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman

Sunday, 27 November 2016, 09:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Clyde Puli

The Ombudsman has been with us for 20 years and, true to the mission statement, it has contributed towards the fostering of a public service culture based on fairness, dedication, commitment, openness...

Labour’s high ranking within the EU

Sunday, 27 November 2016, 08:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

It is said that dreams and ambitions set the ball rolling, but it is only hard work that gets results. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's aspiration for Malta to be the best in Europe is consistently...

The quality of mercy!

Sunday, 27 November 2016, 08:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Michael Asciak

Ever considered how one keeps making the same mistakes over and over again even when one tries one’s hardest? It is as if we are wired to keep falling into the same pit. One knows what the moral...

Staying connected with the people

Sunday, 27 November 2016, 08:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

The last months offered some very interesting developments in terms of international affairs. A few months ago, the majority of people in the UK voted in favour of leaving the EU block, which took...

Diversifying tourism facilities

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago George M Mangion

Since the early sixties when the government of the day wanted to encourage the birth of an indigenous tourist industry many pristine sites were granted to constructors and nascent home grown hoteliers...

Gozo getting what it deserves

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

Once, someone said that happiness can be defined as consumption divided by desire. If you put desire at zero, then happiness, potentially, is infinite. The nature of men (and women) is such that the...

The Maltese house that Clinton built and Trump just blew down

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

Politics is a hard game. It is dirty and very rough. It is undemocratic, full of lies and much misinformation. Eliminating your opponent by all means possible and not allowing him to get his message...

Social inclusion high on Malta's EU agenda

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

There is no better satisfaction for policy-makers than seeing their policies and strategies they plan yield the desired results. Time and again during the past months we have witnessed repeated...

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