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Standards of accessibility and opportunities

Sunday, 31 July 2016, 09:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

Parliament’s busy schedule came to a short break this week after approving the Bill for Standards in Public Life. This bold legislation, pushed forward by the Labour government, is a clear...

Maintaining Gozo on the growth path in tourism

Sunday, 31 July 2016, 09:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

Thanks to the many targeted initiatives on many fronts and the sterling work carried out by all tourism stakeholders in close conjunction with the Ministry for Gozo and the various national tourism...

Clear and present danger

Sunday, 31 July 2016, 09:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Caroline Galea

“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression purported to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse and is undisputedly appropriate for this particular juncture in...

Congratulations, you will be defending yourself

Monday, 25 July 2016, 07:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Roderick Pace

What Donald Trump is proposing in the domain of foreign policy should he be elected US President needs careful assessment. In an interview in the New York Times (21 July) he claimed that if...

Crucifying Malta

Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

It is all to do with being a Christian; it is all to do with being Maltese; it is all about being Maltese Christian.  Those who, like me, want to live as law-abiding Maltese Christians...

The threat of terrorism that is haunting Europe

Sunday, 24 July 2016, 10:01 Last update: about 11 years ago

France, Belgium and Germany are only the most recent targets. Other European countries like the United Kingdom have also been hit in the recent past and we have no guarantee that any country will...

Enhancing Gozo incrementally

Sunday, 24 July 2016, 09:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

As we live in a fast moving world with things constantly changing around us, we often struggle to keep pace with these changes. Our fast daily routine tends to make us take things for granted. It...

A silent revolution

Sunday, 24 July 2016, 09:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

It is an undeniable fact that Malta and Gozo are witnessing a silent revolution in the disability sector. We are fast moving from mere tolerance or co-existence to full acceptance and inclusivity....

Faith and the US presidency

Sunday, 24 July 2016, 09:01 Last update: about 11 years ago George Vital Zammit

Perhaps the secular nature of the Republic is one of the foremost distinctions of the American political system. The United States has been, for more than two centuries, a model of the separation...

Brexit from a local perspective

Sunday, 24 July 2016, 07:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Roselyn Borg

Most of us are still digesting the outcome of the latest UK referendum. To an extent, the result came as a shock but as we try to fully understand why this referendum went the way it did, we...

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