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Qualities

Thursday, 9 January 2020, 09:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The top qualities to expect from the new Labour leader in action will be transparency, accountability and prudence. Matters that derive from the public interest cannot be run as if they related to...

Labour’s power bloc

Thursday, 9 January 2020, 08:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

When one aspires for political change, one must understand the political context in question.  In this article I aim to highlight some components which - to date - have made up Labour’s...

17 reasons why... this country is in a sombre mood

Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 08:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

During these last months we have lived a surreal situation.  The mood of the Country is drab and gloomy.  I would put my fingers on 17 reasons...

Who will care for Kalkara’s cart-ruts?

Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 08:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

This year will not be about giving up. This is the stand being taken by many, among them a group of Kalkara residents who have found themselves fighting for the protection of our national cultural...

Silent majority

Monday, 6 January 2020, 07:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Much is being said and many articles have been written about how “the people” rose in protest during past weeks. In the same way, we have been told a lot about the resurgence of...

Some lessons learnt

Sunday, 5 January 2020, 10:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

As we watch Muscat's sun setting behind the hills of shame, let's have a look at some lessons we can learn from the bad experience the country's been through.   We don't need another...

Parking at Mater Dei Hospital

Sunday, 5 January 2020, 09:56 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Within the context of the electoral campaign for the leadership of the Labour Party, Minister for Health Chris Fearne announced that, shortly, parking at the Mater Dei Hospital grounds will be free of...

Blueprint for the Labour Party leader

Sunday, 5 January 2020, 09:23 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

If this were a normal country, going through a normal phase, I would not need to write this. But these are exceptionally bad times of a country riven by unimaginable problems.  So the bloody...

Back to where we were

Sunday, 5 January 2020, 08:57 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

As we prepare to take down the tinsel, return the pasturi to their boxes, and return our houses to normalcy, we face a return to where we were before the final onset of the Yuletide...

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