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Beyond the forced euphoria

Sunday, 7 June 2020, 08:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

Unless we look closely, we may not notice the huge amount of conditioning we are subjected to on a daily basis. This is political but goes beyond politics. In these troubled Covid times we...

Labour’s parties

Saturday, 6 June 2020, 08:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

Like the parent of a baby left abandoned on the steps of an orphanage, the identity of the Egrant account of Panama fame remains unknown. There was one instance when it was mentioned that the account...

e-Learning

Friday, 5 June 2020, 06:50 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

The Internet has significantly changed how we communicate with one another as well as how we access, share and facilitate information. The COVID-19 has resulted in schools being shut all over the...

Fake news

Thursday, 4 June 2020, 07:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

What actually happened during the alleged attack by an AFM patrol boat on irregular immigrants at sea once again raises serious queries about the role being played by NGOs in the political life of...

Mark Laurence ta’ Xarabank!

Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 06:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This Mark Laurence is a fantastic guy and you will see why in a moment. I ‘got to’ know him, like most of you, through the popular TV talk show Xarabank. They say, Xarabank has...

Not a dress rehearsal

Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 07:13 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

Last Sunday, Robert Abela said that education should take precedence over punishment. Criminal law is often not the appropriate tool to educate individuals about their responsibility towards their...

Non-COVID patients

Monday, 1 June 2020, 07:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Now that it is apparent that the public health authorities have registered much progress in their war against Covid 19, it is making sense for them to devote more resources to the benefit of patients...

When silence is obscene

Sunday, 31 May 2020, 10:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

I honestly hope that by the time this angry piece of sobriety (contradiction intended) appears, the issue of the screaming crisis of illegal immigration in the Central Mediterranean will have been...

The recovery plan and Edward Scicluna’s prickly pears

Sunday, 31 May 2020, 10:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented for the consideration of the European Parliament a recovery plan worth €750 billion but which can unleash an investment...

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