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The world stage: a tragicomedy in one (very long) act

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

tralalalala...   “Ooh, look here! What a jolly strange thing! This seems to be Ukraine. Oh my, how silly of us. I think the proverbial old “oops” is in place, old chaps....

The Cottonera breathes again, at last

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charles Flores

Last Wednesday’s inauguration of the finally completed Dock No.1 project in Bormla no doubt signalled a new beginning not only for that wonderful, for-too-long neglected city, but also for the...

Thwarted democracy

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

So the government has now hurriedly started a ‘consultation period’ to “listen” to what stakeholders have to say about the proposed postponement of local council elections to...

Time to wake up!

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Michael Asciak

I was away from the island for three weeks, partly on an Opus Dei annual sabbatical workshop dealing with Christology (the essence and being of Christ – one substance but two natures) and partly...

New ways of caring for the elderly: this is just the beginning

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Justyne Caruana

Ability not disability – this is our focus and I am proud to say that the Parliamentary Secretariat for Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing has supported various important...

Psalm of Seven Thunders

Saturday, 30 August 2014, 08:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        “The Lord’s voice flashes flames of fire.” Psalm 28.   In it, we face the unleashing of a storm.  The Hebrew term qol, which...

Fun with public consultation

Friday, 29 August 2014, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

        It’s August and the heat, the feasts and the industrial shutdown all contribute towards making this month slower than many others. Earlier this month, I had...

Memo to Labour: the era of protectionism is over

Thursday, 28 August 2014, 09:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

        The prime minister and his wife (for that nice personal touch) hosted shopkeepers to a reception at Villa Francia in Hal Lija to make them feel involved and that...

Dangerous times - we must watch it

Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 08:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        I will start with our Police Force. A force such as this is there not only to keep law and order, but also to assist citizens (or anybody for that matter) and...

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