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International commiserations

Monday, 7 April 2014, 08:09 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Union of Teachers

Someone once said that flowers do not grow in Parliament – and neither do they grow in the European Parliament and Commission.   George Orwell’s predicament in his masterpiece,...

Unravelling the reshuffle

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

A Cabinet reshuffle is an important phase of a government. While the spin would have it that a reshuffle, like the latest Muscat one, is done out of necessity, in reality it is an instrument of power,...

The end of my world

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Marie Benoît

President Abela created shockwaves by citing ‘moral grounds’ in refusing to sign the Bill that would create homosexual civil unions and allow same sex partners to jointly adopt children. I...

Godfrey Farrugia is a victim of Labour’s promises

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Godfrey Farrugia will probably not remember this.   We were sitting next to each other during one edition of Xarabank a few years ago. Given the nature of the discussion – we sat there...

Manché’s pirouette for gay marriage

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Alison Bezzina

If only Malta’s very own ballerina-turned-pastor Gordon Manché wasn’t so ridiculous, I might be a tad angry at his hypocrisy. I might also be slightly worried about his half-baked...

It’s the economy, stupid

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Norman Vella

‘It’s the economy, stupid’. This famous political slogan was derived from the slogan ‘The economy, stupid’ coined by Bill Clinton’s campaign team in 1992. The...

The objective truth!

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Michael Asciak

“The remains of more than 15,000 babies were incinerated as ‘clinical waste’ by hospitals in Britain with some used in ‘waste to energy’ plants.   “The...

LNG

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

Soon after it had blown the candle on its birthday cake, and in the vain hope that it could retain some festive mood, the government announced that it was lowering electricity tariffs as of this...

The great LNG tanker decision

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Mepa Board (MB) chairman Vincent Cassar started proceedings by reading a letter from Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, pointing out that as the proposals under discussion were of national importance, no...

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