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Victory belongs to the most persevering

Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 10:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Camilla Appelgren

It’s pitch dark. You wake up coughing and the air feels thin. You realise that you can’t get air no matter how much you try. You run to your mother’s room and even though she tries...

The abortion charade

Monday, 13 May 2019, 08:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The abortion question is getting hotter by the day. The Prime Minister claims that the government has no intention to legalise abortion, and yet pro-abortion activists (euphemistically and deceitfully...

Glasshouses

Monday, 13 May 2019, 08:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I am astonished by the behaviour of PN representatives who have in the past few years distinguished themselves by blustering against the alleged sins of today’s Labour administration. But...

Hands off Mosta’s Villa Gollcher

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 10:24 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Government Ministers, and hangers-on, are queuing to share credit for the announcement regarding Ta’ Qali’s extension into the largest open space in Malta. A National Park. At the time of...

Gender equality will not come from token feminism

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 09:28 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

Since EU accession especially, Malta has made strides to modernise its economy and society that anchored it in the group of the so-called developed world. Developed countries pride themselves on...

Throw traitors to the dogs

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 09:23 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

A fancy Frenchman once pompously declared: ‘L’état, c’est moi’.  Here in Malta we have our own still-uncrowned king, Joseph Muscat, who also thinks – and acts...

Short-terminism rules

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 09:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

The Nationalists came to my back-garden, so to speak, on Wednesday. Thirty-two years to the day when they won the 1987 election after the Tal-Barrani clash, the situation, this time round, was...

The bite of the snake

Saturday, 11 May 2019, 08:34 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Subterfuge, deceit, bluff are all part of the same game.  That is a game meant to mislead and mis-direct whilst avoiding responsibility and the truth.  It takes practice and also a web to...

Indepth: PN, PL MEP candidates spar over abortion

Friday, 10 May 2019, 09:33 Last update: about 8 years ago INDEPTH online

Nationalist MEP candidate Peter Agius and Labour MEP candidate Alex Agius Saliba sparred over abortion and other subjects during the latest episode of Indepth, with Agius Saliba saying that the Labour...

Patrimony

Friday, 10 May 2019, 07:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

Our investment of more than €4 million for the rehabilitation and restoration of Admiralty House is testament to our commitment to keep investing in our patrimony. This project will see to...

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