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Beyond the result

Sunday, 25 May 2014, 09:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

As I write, the voting in this year’s European Parliament election has not yet closed but by the time the paper is printed we would have got at least an idea about the turnout and later on about...

Enhancing quality of life

Sunday, 25 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Justyne Caruana

This week our Secretariat further pursued our endeavours to promote the abilities of persons with disability. Our Day Centres for Persons with Disability are full of talented people but as I...

It’s over, thank goodness... or is it?

Sunday, 25 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charles Flores

There should be no doubt the Maltese electorate is gradually becoming a lot more sophisticated and understandably unwilling to be pushed about by parties and candidates who merely produce a dishful of...

Vulnerable voters

Sunday, 25 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

As the nation awaits the outcome of yesterday’s vote, it is an appropriate time to focus on a subject related to this democratic process, which, thankfully, was highlighted by The Malta...

Silent thoughts

Friday, 23 May 2014, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

        Today is a day of silence. How strange for our island of "bells, yells and smells" to contemplate silence and be quiet… Actually it is not about...

What a howler

Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        I am referring to that funny thing they stuck somewhere on Mintoff’s house which I have just seen courteousy of Daphne. There are some strange, though not...

Time for a reality check

Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Norman Vella

This government needs a reality check. Increasingly more people, including many who voted for Joseph Muscat and the Labour Party in the last general election, are saying so.   After barely...

To vote or not to vote

Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

        Canvassing and campaigning is no walk in the park. Persuading people, listening attentively, addressing grievances of all sorts, while pushing forward their...

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