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Reflections on a turbulent week

Sunday, 1 December 2019, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

As things stand, at this point in time Yorgen Fenech may end up carrying the can on his own. So far, apparently, none of the co-conspirators indicated in the information making the rounds will be...

Even the blackest day can be sunny

Sunday, 1 December 2019, 08:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

When Daphne Caruana Galizia was brutally murdered, I died inside and lost my will. My soul felt brutalised. I felt I had lost everything and wanted to give up on everything. I was 61 at the time. Even if the situation in Malta was desperate, I had never felt deprived of all hope. My optimism had always got...

They changed Pjazza Helsien into a denial of freedom

Sunday, 1 December 2019, 08:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

I am writing this article, exceptionally, on Wednesday night, having seen countless videos – thanks to today’s smartphones, everyone has become a reporter – of the shenanigans...

The pebble in the shoe

Saturday, 30 November 2019, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

The latest psycho-babble by Joseph Muscat is “the pebble in the shoe”.   Cryptic and pathetic, the speak of the desperate.     By the time you are reading...

In our country’s interest

Friday, 29 November 2019, 08:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

We are going through testing times. All eyes are focused on the facts which unfolded in the last days and how we, as a country, are reacting to these circumstances.  Future generations will...

Nothing is ever settled until it is settled right

Thursday, 28 November 2019, 08:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

From whatever angle you look at it, Prime Minister Muscat and Keith Schembri are in cahoots with each other. There is otherwise no rhyme or reason why Muscat would keep protecting his aide for this...

Electoral support through exploitation of land

Thursday, 28 November 2019, 08:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

Malta’s current political crisis has many signs of a Faustian pact: A deal with the proverbial devil which has to be paid back. Figures who seemed almighty are now sinking in a Titanic of...

We're doing much better

Thursday, 28 November 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

It’s difficult not to smile when one hears some people claim that we’re much better now as a member of the EU than we were before we joined. After fifteen years of EU membership, God...

Winning the war against antibiotic resistance

Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

In last week's column, we presented the topic of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and highlighted how resistance to antibiotics is killing 700,000 people globally every year. We also observed how this...

Daphne's murder and the ensuing imbroglio

Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 09:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Following the events connected to the apprehension of the alleged assassin/s of Daphne Caruana Galizia, I feel duty bound to pronounce myself.  To start off I feel jaded. A Country comes of...

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