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We need more than knee-jerk reactions

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 08:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Pamela Hansen

My first reaction, as well as that of the many people who commented online to the Times report, “Probation for 17-year-olds who raped girl, 14”, was that surely probation was not enough...

Using entrepreneurship to combat unemployment

Saturday, 4 May 2013, 09:16 Last update: about 14 years ago David Casa

Approximately one third of EU citizens would prefer to be self employed. This figure has decreased over the past three years, down from 45% to 37%. This figure is lower than any of the European...

Enough with the chakra chatter

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 08:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Will the people running the country just stop bleating on about ‘positive politics’ and ‘being positive’ and ‘positive thinking’? They’re in government, not...

Revision of 1992 Church and State concordat

Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 08:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Martin Scicluna

In its election manifesto, the government stated its intention to revise the 1992 Church-State Concordat which gave the Ecclesiastical Tribunal the final say in marriage cases, leaving the Maltese...

High moral ground

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 08:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Peter Fenech

    Peter Fenech       The controversy surrounding the Prime Minister’s authorisation to permit one of his ministers to disregard a central part of the...

Three cheers to all workers

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 08:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

Tomorrow workers and their organisations celebrate and mark Workers Day in Malta.  Workers in other EU countries will also organise countless events including mass demonstrations and hopefully,...

Strengthening the iGaming Industry

Monday, 29 April 2013, 08:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Edward Zammit Lewis

The iGaming industry is one of our highest value added industries, employing thousands of people in quality jobs and contributing heavily to our economy.   As one of the main pillars in...

A different contest for the PN

Sunday, 28 April 2013, 09:21 Last update: about 14 years ago Stephen Calleja

In 2004, the PN was looking for a new leader – as it is today.   That time, the battle between Lawrence Gonzi and John Dalli was hard-fought and bitter, and the animosity that it led...

Criminal prosecution for a schoolyard prank

Sunday, 28 April 2013, 09:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

With astonishment, I read the newspaper report of a criminal case in which a boy of 11 has been cleared of bullying a classmate by using a scarf to tie him to a goal-post in the school playing-field...

Disproving the basic claim

Sunday, 28 April 2013, 09:16 Last update: about 14 years ago Noel Grima

Halfway through the first 100 days of the new Labour administration, what has it got to show?   Every time a new appointment is announced, there is a rumble and an outburst from the PN side,...

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