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How to read a newspaper

Sunday, 28 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Kenneth Charles Curmi

Reading a newspaper is a complex process and involves more than heading to your local newsagent, saying good morning, paying, thanking and rolling the printed news in your hand as you stride briskly...

A speech that falters

Sunday, 21 December 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Kenneth Charles Curmi

"You promised that. And a promise is a promise. And with all due respect, you didn't keep that promise." That was Jorge Ramos, as quoted by TIME magazine, talking to the most powerful person in...

The Spirit of Christmas

Sunday, 21 December 2014, 09:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Justyne Caruana

During the festive season, everybody deserves to spend a happy time with family and friends. In the Parliamentary Secretariat for Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing we felt that this...

Fifty

Sunday, 21 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

No, I am not there yet, even though, God willing, I will soon be. But my country is. Looking back at the last 50 years of this nation, we should be proud of what we have achieved and at the same time...

Biting the Malliagate bullet

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

The last three weeks have exposed a weak side to Joseph Muscat's leadership and no devised deviation tactic will be able to conceal it. In spite of the corruption of the crime scene and the political...

Enhancing the inclusion of people with disability in society

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Justyne Caruana

This has been a very busy week, jam-packed with activities and new projects for people with disability, following the busy budget weeks, considering that one of this year's main budget principles was...

World premier for ‘Il Kantilena’

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago George M Mangion

Last week, the premiere of the multi-media opera Il Kantilena played to a packed Manoel Theatre, Europe's oldest theatre. The Kantilena, based on the poems written in the 15th century by Maltese...

Then and now

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

In the past, the PN's marketing machine was always better than that of the Malta Labour Party and it sold the product well for decades. These days, we all agree that the Progressive Liberal's...

Overshadowing Christmas

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Mario Rizzo Naudi

It's that time of year when all should be jolly and all men of goodwill should smile, forget their ills, forgive everyone's bad deeds and move on. After all, Christmas is all about love, forgiveness...

The Christmas Season is here

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Joseph Cuschieri

Manuel Mallia this, Manuel Mallia that and everyone seems to have forgotten that there are other things at the moment. Not that I am not shocked and disgusted with what's been going on in the...

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