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Evaders of the truth

Sunday, 13 October 2024, 08:47 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

Josef Caruana, former editor of that bastion of truth l-Orizzont, now works for that stickler for the facts, ONE News. Caruana may have changed his role but he certainly hasn't changed his...

Gozo: The song outshines the singer

Sunday, 13 October 2024, 08:45 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

As Opposition leader Bernard Grech proceeded to Gozo on Sunday 29 September, most likely aboard the ferry, news reached him of a recent survey published by the Malta Today (MT). The survey results...

Closed police stations nibble further into our quality of life

Sunday, 13 October 2024, 08:42 Last update: about 3 years ago Darren Carabott

The sight of an open police station in Malta has become so rare, that one wouldn't be blamed to have a double take, to confirm if their eyes were playing some sort of funny trick on them! Some police...

Tourism-driven chaos

Sunday, 13 October 2024, 08:41 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

We have been informed, earlier this week, that Ryanair wants to carry eight million tourists a year to Malta on its routes, within ten years. These can be handled, we were advised by Ryanair CEO...

Keep your 8 million a year, Mr O’Leary

Sunday, 13 October 2024, 07:51 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

So Michael O'Leary, the Ryanair boss, is dreaming of doubling the number of passengers carried to Malta to eight million a year by 2030. That's the stuff which keeps many of us awake at night....

Questionable CEO appointments

Sunday, 13 October 2024, 07:50 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Leaving aside the recent musical chairs game in the appointment of CEOs to leading governmental agencies, authorities and entities, it is surprising how nobody has ever questioned how these CEOs are...

Profound consequences

Friday, 11 October 2024, 10:36 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

The latest events in Israel and Lebanon, coupled with the ongoing war in Ukraine and the bloodbath in Gaza, are of a serious threat to world order. Israel eliminated the Hezbollah...

What will change?

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

If the US presidential election is won by Kamala Harris, will American policies still follow the tracks set by current president Joe Biden? Harris served as vice president in the Biden administration,...

When one says no

Monday, 7 October 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

It makes sense to occasionally repeat that when saying no, one is not invariably being negative. Frequently the best way to be positive is by sayng no. When the yes that one expresses springs from...

Making a fool of himself

Sunday, 6 October 2024, 09:03 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

Robert Abela bombastically declared that Glenn Micallef's assigned EU portfolio is "near ideal".  He bluffed that "Micallef will be more influential than the newly created portfolio for the...

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