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Elderly care in Gozo: from rags to riches

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Anton Refalo

During the past few decades, the tiny island of Gozo has endured a chronic, ever-increasing shortage of community accommodation for its elderly citizens. The problem is compounded by a fast-aging...

In ‘government’ – in ‘power’

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Joseph Cuschieri

It is the unspoken truth. The Nationalist Party knows it, Joseph Muscat and the Labour Party know it and the general public can feel it - so it's no use trying to deny it. The idea behind this...

House of (Dis)illusions

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 09:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

Archbishop Paul's resignation People of principle live by their values. They cannot, for instance, claim to be a pacifist one year and then approve of war the next. It should be hard to call...

Clean up on Isle One

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 09:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Kenneth Charles Curmi

Actually, let's clean up Isle 2 as well, while we're at it, although I do believe that Gozo is the cleaner (certainly, and understandably, the greener) of the two isles. I cannot understand the...

Community services are a priority

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 08:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Justyne Caruana

This week we have continued with our ongoing work on projects to do with older people. With this month being dedicated to this sector of society, it has been the main focus of our work. This week, the...

The crux of the matter

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 08:39 Last update: about 13 years ago

Toni Bezzina As a politician, there are times when I tend to focus and comment on the sector I have been allocated to follow. This I do with pleasure, as I feel that, on several occasions, we...

Grilling the Commissioners

Monday, 13 October 2014, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago David Casa

As far as grillings go, this week was another eventful one in the European Parliament, with a good number of Commissioners elect being put under the scrutiny of us Members to be able to...

Unpacking and testing Labour’s product

Monday, 13 October 2014, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago George Pullicino

George Pullicino As Simon Busuttil said recently, the PN is renewing itself to once more persuade and inspire the Maltese. Renewal, however, is not rejection: We are proud of what has been...

On being recognised as persons before the law

Sunday, 12 October 2014, 10:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Vickie Gauci and Anne-Marie Callus

  By their very nature, human rights belong to all humans and are all necessary for people to be able to develop well and live with dignity, both individually and collectively. None of them...

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