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Let the farce be with you

Sunday, 15 November 2020, 08:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

If this country wasn’t in the dire circumstances it is in, we could easily win the award for the best farce in the universe. Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri were for a time under arrest...

Trial by spin

Sunday, 15 November 2020, 08:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

The trial by spin and doctored media which Jason Azzopardi has been subjected to should open eyes to not just the immense power of the Labour spin machine but also the sheer inadequacy of the...

Is it really?

Saturday, 14 November 2020, 07:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

Good news is always welcome.  But in Malta we tend to take it with a pinch of salt and some cynicism.  The constant contradictions around us create a lack of confidence and it tends to pour...

Providing the best education possible

Friday, 13 November 2020, 07:22 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

In my first article as Minister for Education and Employment back in January this year, I wrote about the importance of keeping in touch with all concerned in this vast but interesting and rewarding...

Implementing

Thursday, 12 November 2020, 08:07 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

There should be just one target for the budget now that it has been approved; get it done! Still this must happen with the clear aim of resolving concrete problems concretely, not rhetorically, and...

Covid Christmas

Thursday, 12 November 2020, 06:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

As Christmas comes closer, a snapshot of the current Covid-19 situation can help put things into perspective. In this article, I won’t be discussing the pros and cons of Government’s...

Animal pokeys

Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 07:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A week or so ago I ‘dared’ share my thoughts on animal welfare on my Facebook Page - and I was bludgeoned - "Surprise, surprise!" Notwithstanding the abuse and the bullying (because...

All for Christmas for business

Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 07:06 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

Jason Micallef launched the jolly Christmas season, but the Health Minister knew nothing about it. This is typical of the ‘balance’ between health and the economy that is now the hallmark...

Polarised

Monday, 9 November 2020, 09:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The left-leaning fellows are in blue, the “conservatives” in red. The former are shown as donkeys by cartoonists, the others as elephants. Towards each other they display an unequalled...

George, what have they done to you?

Sunday, 8 November 2020, 10:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

If you walk what I believe is the central pathway in Sant'Anton Gardens, right up to the President's Palace, you will find yourself in a semicircle where the busts of two King Georges stand, looking...

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