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PM should not be the one to speak about decency

Friday, 21 April 2017, 13:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

The Prime Minister gave the perfect example of double-speak when he urged Opposition leader Simon Busuttil to use politics in a decent way, Salvu Mallia says in his blog today. The PN candidate...

How rich of Muscat

Friday, 21 April 2017, 13:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Last Tuesday, in an attempt to distract from the main issue of the past few days – the identity of the real owner of Egrant Inc. – Joseph Muscat sent two surgeons to a press conference on...

Interesting debate

Thursday, 20 April 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

It was a great achievement for the Labour government to have managed its financial accounts to the point when for the first time in decades, the outcome was not a deficit but a surplus. There are few...

Perspectives from a village

Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 09:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Some six months ago my family moved house and we are now living in the heart of a village, and this after almost 46 years living in a busy, hectic area with a non-stop stream of traffic buzzing around...

Charity should not substitute the Welfare State

Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 08:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

With time in hand I decided to follow Xarabank,but this only lasted a couple of minutes. I could not watch the traumas that people face, either directly or indirectly.  The consequences of such...

Renewable energy

Monday, 17 April 2017, 08:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

As a country we are well below the targets we have set (or were they set for us?) regarding the percentage use of renewable energy sources in our total energy consumption. Up to now, the major (if not...

Marine Le Pen and the French presidential elections

Monday, 17 April 2017, 08:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

If ever there is going to be an election that will be followed closely, this is going to be the upcoming one in France. Many believe that Marine Le Pen will only make it in the first round. The...

No one is an empty tomb

Sunday, 16 April 2017, 10:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Bishop Mario Grech

No one takes pleasure in failures but these form an integral part of our life. Who has never had to face up to difficulties in one’s emotional, relational, professional, ethical and spiritual...

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