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The EU morality of money...

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 10:19 Last update: about 12 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

The EU ‘package’ Malta got was never going to live up to all the promises made. It was always a bad deal that worsened as we gave up more rights to the EU oligarchy until in reality we...

Guidelines are now legally binding standards

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 09:35 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

It is indeed an anachronism that in a country that boasts of its Christian values, politicians have to speak of laws and law enforcement when referring to the rightful inclusion of people with a...

Good governance

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 09:29 Last update: about 12 years ago Caroline Galea

Modern democracy is a political system that has been forged over the past 150 years. It has been an ongoing intricate puzzle built primarily on the wish that each society lives in harmony under the...

Global warming and the Jesus factor

Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:59 Last update: about 12 years ago George M Mangion

The recent heat wave that hit Pakistan has claimed more than 700 lives. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case as we expect heat waves with more global warming as scientists tell us how climate...

Of fools and angels

Sunday, 28 June 2015, 14:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Michael Asciak

Minister Owen Bonnici is on record as saying that the government is considering changing the IVF (actually Embryo Protection) Act in order to allow homosexual couples to have children. The current Act...

Dynamics of the gun in Libya

Sunday, 28 June 2015, 10:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Mohamed Mufti

For the last four years, the Libyans, who by all reasonable criteria are pleasant, decent and moderate folk, have suffered the deceits and vagaries of its political elite. The plundering of national...

Commitment is our real publicity

Sunday, 28 June 2015, 10:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

Inaugurations are basically the middle step between the initial consultations, the necessary planning and the actual supply of services required – the line of action for any team managing an...

The spies who love him

Sunday, 28 June 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Clyde Puli

This government is not completely against spying. It just distinguishes between spies who love it and those who don’t. In fact, information leaks that complement the work of the Department of...

The PL, Freud, and that famous Maltese proverb

Sunday, 21 June 2015, 09:55 Last update: about 12 years ago Joe Cassar

When one speaks and accidentally inserts a word that is on one's subconscious mind in place of another, we refer to it as a Freudian slip. Technically, it is referred to as parapraxis. This Labour...

Listening and delivering

Sunday, 21 June 2015, 09:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

No matter all the projects that politicians plan and carry out, their best achievements will always depend on how well they listen to and understand what the people they represent need and deserve....

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