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The future is bright

Sunday, 29 October 2023, 07:55 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

With a gaping grin, Robert Abela announced in his 2022 Manifesto, that the future is bright. With his landslide victory in the bag, ONE confirmed that Abela will offer a beautiful future. His...

There are crooks everywhere you look

Sunday, 29 October 2023, 07:53 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The decision of the Court of Appeal delivered last Monday has vindicated Daphne’s last words: “there are crooks everywhere you look”. The Court of Appeal decision on the...

Sleep-walking to disaster

Sunday, 29 October 2023, 07:49 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

Come Budget Day the loudest and most persistent banging on tables by the government side will be when the minister announces that the COLA increase as from 1 January will be €12.81 per...

Critical Ignoring and Fact-Checking

Thursday, 26 October 2023, 13:24 Last update: about 4 years ago Michael Briguglio

It is not the first time that we have been warned about the perils of 'post-truth' situations, where fake news is propagated, at times making it very difficult to verify the accuracy of content. The...

Brakes

Thursday, 26 October 2023, 07:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

There have been many to claim that a change is needed in how economic growth is being sustained and managed. An essential component of this change would have to be the deceleration of growth in some...

False news

Monday, 23 October 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

The greater the outreach of social media, the greater the spread of false or manipulated news. Since antiquity, the practice has been for false news to be propagated  about ongoing events in...

The politics of clientelism

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 09:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

If there is one thing that both political parties represented in the House of Representatives totally agree upon, and endorse unreservedly, is the politics of clientelism. Like COVID 19, this is a...

Robert Abela the genius

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 09:08 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

Robert Abela is a genius. He’s come-up with a cunning plan. He’s placated public anger over the massive overpopulation, by announcing he’ll take steps to limit importation of...

An eye for an eye … a tooth for a tooth

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 09:02 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The politics of retribution has been around for quite some time. It is what comes to mind when watching or reading the news from the Middle East over the past days. Retribution, or revenge, is a...

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