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Will you please, for once, put yourselves last?

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 11:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Whatever happens in the Nationalist Party’s deputy leadership contest, the rest of us out here – or at least, those of us who are not enamoured of Labour – hope that all those...

Gonzi’s sole objective

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 11:36 Last update: about 14 years ago Leo Brincat

Most leaders have their own ambitions in life. Some succeed while others don’t.   Since the beginning of the year it has been long evident that GonziPN’s sole objective was and...

Total meltdown

Monday, 29 October 2012, 09:41 Last update: about 14 years ago Gavin Gulia

With Dalligate and the ping-pong going on between the PN and the former EU Commissioner no one can deny anymore that the rot has definitely set in in the corridors of power. It' s a total meltdown...

The poisoned chalice

Sunday, 28 October 2012, 10:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Noel Grima

This week has served to augment my feelings of detachment and astonishment at what is going on around us.   Rather than focusing on any single episode, or the sequence in which such episodes...

Circus acts and hoops of fire

Sunday, 28 October 2012, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Joseph Muscat has said that his party supports the government in its nomination of Tonio Borg as EU Commissioner. He also said that Labour MEPs will be working in Brussels to support that nomination....

Modern education, school hours and opportunities denied

Sunday, 28 October 2012, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

The Malta Union of Teachers seems to have moved on from the time when it resisted change in schools and opposed the idea that technology should be used as a tool to help teachers and students. Not so...

Combating human trafficking

Saturday, 27 October 2012, 10:31 Last update: about 14 years ago David Casa

On 18 October 2012, the Cypriot EU Presidency and the European Commission held a conference in Brussels in commemoration of the annual EU Anti-Trafficking Day. The conference allowed the EU to convene...

A national disgrace

Thursday, 25 October 2012, 09:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

One of the more unfortunate aspects of being part of a small and unusual population is that every one of us is seen as a sort of unofficial ambassador or representative of the country....

Should Europe Be fracking?

Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The global energy community is abuzz with excitement about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, a newish technology that has opened formerly inaccessible reserves of gas trapped in underground shale formations...

The PL Has priorities; GonziPN has only interests

Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There is one fundamental difference between the two main political parties on the island. While the PL has long set out its main priorities as well as the positive...

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