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Gozo zooming up the information superhighway

Sunday, 16 August 2015, 08:55 Last update: about 12 years ago Anton Refalo

An important page in the history of Gozo was written on Friday, 7 August 2015.  On that day, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat inaugurated RS2’s new Gozo offices following an investment of...

Never a dull moment with Labour

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:20 Last update: about 12 years ago

A former high-ranking Labour Party official has been held for questioning over allegedly assisting Libyan nationals to obtain residency permits in Malta. Never a dull moment with Labour in government!...

On defective babies, defective choices

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Marie Benoît

In October 1995, the Daily Mail ran a pair of articles on the same day jointly entitled “Should Melanie destroy her twins?” Columnist Polly Toynbee said yes. No, said Dominic Lawson, then...

Abortion and public morality

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Michael Asciak

A couple of weeks ago, a member of the youth executive of the PN suggested that abortion should become available to women who felt the personal need to resort to it. The party leadership rightly...

Selfishness

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 10:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

Maltese society is unique. Not uniquely better than other societies, but good and distinctly different. We have our own idiosyncratic morals, a distinct culture and particular set of values that we...

Pearls of wisdom at the World Special Olympics

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 09:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

There are norms and constants in life that should be the basis of equality for everyone. This is not merely a simple philosophical axiom, considering that human nature itself has established its own...

Paying the Piper

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Caroline Galea

Few would doubt that the quality and grade of governance of the present Labour administration is sinking fast, and hope is fading even faster that it can be restored to some level of decency very...

Financial scandals – a journey into the unknown

Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 09:35 Last update: about 12 years ago George M Mangion

The disclosure of Japan's biggest corporate scandal follows the incriminating revelation of a huge accounting scam at Toshiba, the effect of which could lead to the restatement of earnings plus a...

Quo vadis?

Sunday, 26 July 2015, 12:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

The recent announcement that Gasol has dropped out of the new power station project is seriously worrying. According to its own financial statements, it was recently 'delisted from the London Stock...

The politics of greed and self indulgence

Sunday, 26 July 2015, 10:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Clyde Puli

The spectre that haunted the Lorry Sant days is back. Corruption is slowly but surely becoming the order of the day and arrogance and the accompanying bullying tactics have become typical...

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