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Birżebbuġa: adding insult to injury

Sunday, 3 October 2021, 10:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Government’s decision to select a site for a car-racing track at Ħal Far, on the outskirts of Birżebbuġa, betrays a gross lack of sensitivity towards the welfare of the...

Reining in the runaway horse

Sunday, 3 October 2021, 08:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

The minister for finance has been reported as having mused that the Maltese economy could do with a less preponderance of construction. He got his knuckles rapped by his own boss, the prime...

Exaggerated bills

Saturday, 2 October 2021, 07:09 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

This is not an allegation.  I have no facts to bear it out.  I just have common sense.  Something unreasonable and difficult to explain, makes you query all possibilities to find a...

The exact opposite

Friday, 1 October 2021, 09:21 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

Until last Tuesday, “Jaiteh Lamin” was simply a pair of words put one near each other, completely anonymous.  Completely quiet, completely faceless.  After last Tuesday,...

Check your source

Thursday, 30 September 2021, 08:39 Last update: about 6 years ago Michael Briguglio

Within Malta’s social media bubbles, some news often follow a pattern of spin, replication and propagation. This begins when a social media influencer, whether in organizational or individual...

The SPD victory

Thursday, 30 September 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

The SPD’s victory, by a whisker, in the Bundestag elections once again placed the socialists in a pivotal position in Germman politics. They have not been in that role since the end of Gerhard...

The Nationalist Party is pushing a rock uphill

Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 07:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

It is probably ‘the dream’ of every Opposition to have such fodder at your beck and call to criticize and use as ammo ‘against’ the Government With all the looming court...

Best of times

Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 07:27 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

The intro to Labour's 2017 election manifesto read that a Labour government was a guarantee for stability and credibility leading to the "best of times" for the Maltese people. That prediction...

Urban centres

Monday, 27 September 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

It is the case that urban centres of our towns and villages are being scrubbed back and losing their character. Sliema where the damage has been proceeding for quite a while, was in the forefront of...

Independence: The Quintessential Problem

Sunday, 26 September 2021, 10:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Independence Day celebrations could turn out to be stale, perfunctory ceremonies to recall the day when the British Empire packed up and set its Central Mediterranean fortress-colony free. On the...

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