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Can the Labour Party keep stretching the rubber band?

Sunday, 4 October 2020, 08:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

The Indian electorate is over 900 million and last year’s election and vote-counting took a staggering 42 days. In miniscule Malta, to get 20,000 or less PN members to cast their vote and count...

Will the PN election solve anything?

Sunday, 4 October 2020, 07:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

I did not stay up last night biting my nails while waiting to see who will be the new PN leader, and that’s not because I already know the outcome. The contest has been a rather uneven one,...

End of days

Saturday, 3 October 2020, 07:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

There is that ominous feeling around, that matters and lives are coming to the end of their days. Matters in the sense of political fall-out for persons long associated, mentioned, indicated as...

A different, but exciting educational journey

Friday, 2 October 2020, 07:43 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

Wednesday week students will start their journey into the coming scholastic year. Children and students attending compulsory education in State Schools will start schooling in different dates,...

Towards the budget

Thursday, 1 October 2020, 07:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

One understands how a government finds itself under great pressure to demonstrate that the conduct of affairs is proceeding without too many problems. However when the problems being faced cannot be...

Flu narratives

Thursday, 1 October 2020, 07:13 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

As if we needed more uncertainty in the managing of Covid-related risks, we are now witnessing competing narratives on the influenza vaccine. In Malta, public health authorities are currently...

When all your life fits into one garbage bag!

Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 08:18 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

We sat in a coffee shop facing each other. I wanted to listen to his story. After ordering our Cappuccino and Espresso, I rested with my back against the velvet cushion and just listened to him...

Less pesticides, more nature, better food

Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 08:05 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

The way we grow our food has a direct impact on our health and on the environment. A2014 study grouping 30 years of research finds that fields dedicated to organic farming present 50% more...

Pact

Monday, 28 September 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The Pact on Migration and Asylum published last week by the European Commission has a lot to chew on, not least by way of the almost five hundred pages of documents that have been issued. Obviously...

We like Bernard

Sunday, 27 September 2020, 10:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

I’ve written it repeatedly; the polls confirm it. More and more people like Bernard Grech.  In the meantime, Chris Fearne polls higher than Robert Abela. And yet, I think Adrian Delia...

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