WYSIWYG
Friday, 1 February 2013, 08:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Caroline Galea
With the election campaign in full swing, you could be forgiven for thinking that, by now, voters have made their choices. But then again, maybe not! During my frequent house visits I am coming across...
The abuse of incumbency
Friday, 1 February 2013, 08:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Simon Micallef Stafrace
The phrase “the power of incumbency” is used quite frequently. What it means in simple terms is that when you are in power, certain things come easily. I suppose that part of such power is...
A worrying increase in precarious employment
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 10:43
Last update: about 13 years ago
Edward Zammit Lewis
Employment will no doubt be one of the issues that will be extensively debated during this election campaign. GonziPN is hammering home the message that 20,000 jobs have been created and that Maltese...
Corruption
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 10:42
Last update: about 13 years ago
Peter Fenech
I always recall hearing during my formative years that there are two things that no man or woman can eliminate, and a third that no man or woman can avoid. The first two are corruption and...
So Louis Grech wasn’t such a great idea
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 09:05
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
As Joseph Muscat waddles from podium to platform to stage, en route to becoming prime minister in just over five weeks, Louis Grech has been padlocked into the cupboard with Toni Abela and Konrad...
The right to know… the truth
Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 14:10
Last update: about 14 years ago
Leo Brincat
It is ironic that without in any way betraying his understandable sympathies for the party that he helped rebuild out of nothing, it had to be none other than former leader of the PN, and ex-Prime...
The PBS and poverty cliffs
Monday, 28 January 2013, 09:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Carmelo Abela
In the United States last year they had and still have the fiscal cliff. This popular shorthand term was used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government had to face at the end of last...
What I will not vote for
Sunday, 27 January 2013, 09:51
Last update: about 14 years ago
Stephen Calleja
I will not be swayed to vote either one way or the other just because kids at school will be given a tablet or an iPad. There are, however, many who would seriously consider any freebie...
Another insane and unworkable proposal
Sunday, 27 January 2013, 09:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
As Labour lurches from one insane proposal to another, I begin to sympathise with the man who told me that he’s moved from praying that Labour won’t be elected to praying that if elected,...
It can only get worse
Sunday, 27 January 2013, 09:46
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
This election campaign has been ground breaking for two reasons. First, there is the focus on energy provision and cost and, secondly, while every campaign brings with it allegations of sleaze, this...