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Bring on the New Year

Sunday, 27 December 2015, 09:50 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

With the old year approaching its last few days, we take the customary opportunity to catch a glimpse of our performance throughout the past 52 weeks.  Given the festive mood we tend to spot the...

PBS: tweaking the truth and twisting the news

Sunday, 27 December 2015, 09:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Clyde Puli

In the space of a few short weeks, PBS has been condemned on three fronts: by the Broadcasting Authority, the National Audit Office and by its own employees.  The Broadcasting Authority censured...

Maritime Malta

Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:56 Last update: about 12 years ago Joe Mizzi

During the past two-and-a-half years, I have had the privilege of meeting a considerable number of maritime stake holders and the opportunity to appreciate some of the issues first hand. I have sought...

Caring for others builds a true community

Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

It may seem strange to think of solitude when we are surrounded with glittering Christmas decorations. For many of us, solitude and loneliness appear the same. They are both characterised by...

Labour’s progressive decline in standards

Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Clyde Puli

The Good Governance proposals released by the Nationalist Party have the two-fold objective of higher standards for future nationalist governments and halting the steady regression of the present...

What makes societies resilient?

Sunday, 20 December 2015, 09:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Anton Refalo

In the recent CHOGM held in Malta, the Commonwealth People’s Forum looked into the very challenging and interesting topic of resilience. Anyone who had a modicum of interest in the CHOGM’s...

Gozo’s youth is Gozo’s future

Sunday, 13 December 2015, 12:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Anton Refalo

Gozitans are known to be hardworking people. This work ethic brushes off on our young people as well, as generally speaking Gozitan youths, when compared to their Maltese counterparts, tend to do...

Second grade embryos for adoption or hire?

Sunday, 13 December 2015, 11:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Michael Asciak

Last week I wrote an article about the active, self-moving, potency of the human totipotent cell, including the zygote formed following fertilisation of the ovum by the sperm cell, in order to show...

Work always in progress

Sunday, 13 December 2015, 10:12 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

Inaugurating a finished project, launching a new policy document or unveiling some other initiative, are intrinsically the end-products of long months of incessant consultation and determined...

Libyan thoughts on the way to Rome

Sunday, 13 December 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Mohamed Mufti

Like any other crisis, the Libyan conflict keeps escalating or splintering, depending on your viewpoint. New ideas, new decisions, new entities and more active groups keep budding and branching. But...

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