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Terrified of the truth

Sunday, 19 March 2023, 07:43 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

“There is no need for a public inquiry,” Robert Abela insisted. Jean Paul Sofia’s family is pleading for a public inquiry to reveal the circumstances leading to his horrific death....

Making sense in all the confusion

Sunday, 19 March 2023, 06:57 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

Many, myself included, are today finding it difficult to assimilate all that has been happening these past days with regards to the hospitals issue. In one and the same day, on Thursday, one had...

Colonialism

Thursday, 16 March 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

As shown by the controversies (most of them interesting and provocative) that continue about colonialism, this subject is still considered as important by the former colonised and the former...

Financial reforms

Monday, 13 March 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

The financial services framework of regulations and incentives, it has been announced, is due for an upcoming reform. It will be interesting to evaluate the thrust of the proposed changes. Clearly...

Standards Commissioner appointment – A farce

Sunday, 12 March 2023, 09:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Government and the Opposition have in tandem turned the parliamentary appointment procedure of the second Commissioner for Standards in Public Life into a farce. First, they both engaged in...

Court attorneys

Sunday, 12 March 2023, 08:47 Last update: about 4 years ago Mary Muscat

My take on the Valenzia Inquiry recommendations to beef up the court resources related to domestic violence (DV) cases is to create a pool of court attorneys to assist the respective magistrates....

A comment on PN v PBS

Sunday, 12 March 2023, 08:46 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Last month – on Monday 27 February to be precise – the highest court of the land, the Constitutional Court, delivered a decision with far-reaching implications: Partit Nazzjonalista v....

Arvid Pardo’s legacy: rediscovering a maritime vocation

Sunday, 12 March 2023, 07:48 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

“We are naturally vitally interested in the sea which surrounds us and through which we live and breathe.” This was stated by Arvid Pardo then Malta’s UN Ambassador when addressing...

How Labour killed Mintoff’s dream

Sunday, 12 March 2023, 07:26 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

“This is the most anti-socialist act one can commit”.  Labour Gzira Mayor Conrad Borg Marche openly accused his own party of betraying the most fundamental socialist...

Ten years of Labour

Sunday, 12 March 2023, 06:49 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

This week we celebrated two very different anniversaries. On Tuesday we commemorated the 20 years since the people of this country chose to enter the European Union over the dire predictions of Alfred...

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