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Time stood still

Sunday, 16 October 2022, 08:03 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

In 1963, people all over the world and especially in the US were asking themselves where were they and what were they doing when President Kennedy was killed. I know where I was and what was I...

Government doing more and more

Friday, 14 October 2022, 09:10 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

Six months plus down the line since the last general election, we are doing more and doing more, more efficiently.  The cultural sector is way past rebooting stage and week in week out we are...

Genuine discussion

Thursday, 13 October 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

One characteristic feature of the small size of our society which few take into account, concerns the possibility to conduct a genuine and open discussionm – one in which people holding diverse...

Wages

Monday, 10 October 2022, 07:55 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

The EU Council of Ministers has at long last reached agreement about a directive that would launch the concept of a national minimum wage in all member countries. Strictly speaking, this is not a...

Environmental judicial policing

Sunday, 9 October 2022, 09:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

The impact on the quality of law enforcement by the existence of a court can never be underestimated. It is hard to measure because it has a qualitative nature, not a quantitative...

Devious denial

Sunday, 9 October 2022, 08:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“Have you established who the minister who corrupted Transport Malta officials is?”, Robert Abela was asked.  “There is no minister undergoing legal procedures, or criminally...

Protecting agricultural land: all of it

Sunday, 9 October 2022, 08:34 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Over the years government has been actively at the forefront in the assault on agricultural land. It continuously makes it easier for agricultural land to be developed. It also takes up good quality...

Christian roots

Sunday, 9 October 2022, 07:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

For the past months, former MP Edwin Vassallo has been organising “Dialogue Meetings” all around Malta. Liberals dismiss Mr Vassallo, unaware that the man’s a well of knowledge, a...

Softening ‘rigor mortis’

Sunday, 9 October 2022, 07:30 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The corpse, long thought dead, is surprisingly showing some slight signs of life. The days of Halloween are drawing near. The corpse, that is the Nationalist Party, held a protest march on Sunday...

It was the night that was

Friday, 7 October 2022, 10:01 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

It was the night that was! Notte Bianca 2022 was a great success.  We had told you that it was going to be the biggest one yet, and we did not disappoint!  We kept our word. Indeed the...

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