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Anglu Farrugia must be fuming

Sunday, 17 February 2013, 09:38 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

So Anglu Farrugia gets sacked for a remark about a magistrate, while Toni Abela gets to stay on as deputy leader, despite the cocaine-dealing cover-up that has dominated the news for the last few...

They have it all and want more

Sunday, 17 February 2013, 09:33 Last update: about 14 years ago Stephen Calleja

Last Wednesday’s debate involving the three political leaders on the University campus disappointed me on two counts.   First of all, the presence of outsiders went totally against the...

What the Nationalist supporters want their party to focus on

Sunday, 17 February 2013, 09:30 Last update: about 14 years ago Noel Grima

The PN advert says: ‘It’s time to focus’ but the election campaign has anything but focus.   We are buffeted by claims and counter claims, stories and allegations with...

A Moment in Time - The gaffe parade

Sunday, 17 February 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Charles Flores

        Some traditional Nationalists of my acquaintance, good, good people with perfect faces, have recently given vent to their honest frustration at the remarkable...

Rising up, stopping violence against women

Saturday, 16 February 2013, 09:03 Last update: about 14 years ago David Casa

1 Billion Rising is a movement made up of a number of different women's rights groups who have joined together to raise global awareness against violence against women. It is part of the V-day...

Winning is never boring

Friday, 15 February 2013, 08:44 Last update: about 14 years ago Mario Rizzo Naudi

Now it’s official – Malta through the ceaseless efforts of Dr Lawrence Gonzi has secured €1.12 billion from the EU for seven years. I’m sure you all know this by now but can we...

The growth of the blue economy

Friday, 15 February 2013, 08:10 Last update: about 14 years ago Meusac

Last September the European Commission adopted a Communication on Blue Growth wherein it identified five areas in which additional effort at EU level could stimulate long-term growth and jobs in the...

Preferential treatment for Toni Abela

Thursday, 14 February 2013, 08:26 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Anglu Farrugia must be fuming. Never has it been more clear that he was got rid of not because of his remark about a magistrate, but because JosephMuscatDotCom wanted to replace him with Louis Grech...

Bad Medicine (with apologies to Bon Jovi)

Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 08:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Micallef Stafrace

Health is an issue. It is an issue on the personal level, as in whether you are unhealthy or not. It is also an issue on a national level, as in what the state does or does not do to help our health,...

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