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Relics and realities

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 10:19 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

Some things seemingly never change and we are more or less all vulnerable to the loop. A case in point is this national hang-up about our colonial past even at a time when the country, now happily...

The infidel in us

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

Christchurch, New Zealand and Malta; somewhat unconnected and maybe, as we are in most things, rather unperturbed. Fifty Muslims were brutally killed while they were at prayer. Killed by a man...

The ninth President – an evaluation

Sunday, 24 March 2019, 08:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca reaches the end of her term in the coming days. This is my very personal evaluation of her presidency.  There will no doubt be very different, maybe...

Come to your senses before you lose it all again

Saturday, 23 March 2019, 08:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

As our islands embrace a much wider society, with different nationalities and cultures, we also import a wider variety of opinions and behaviour.  This is contributing to more awareness around us...

Indepth: 'I was scared to tell my family that I have HIV'

Friday, 22 March 2019, 14:10 Last update: about 8 years ago INDEPTH online

This week's guest on Indepth - a man who was diagnosed with HIV at 26 years of age - explained how relationships he was in broke down after telling his partners about his condition. The man, who...

Electric cars

Friday, 22 March 2019, 13:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Miriam Dalli

Labour MEP Miriam Dalli today speaks about the changeover to electric cars, with the Labour government insisting that there is a need for a change of culture for the Maltese to accept such a drastic...

Diabetics

Friday, 22 March 2019, 11:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zamit Dimech says that over the past year, he made no less than five appeals to the government to support diabetic patients and their families. He also raised their concerns at...

A reformist government

Friday, 22 March 2019, 07:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

“This government is a reformist government, and thus it considers the opinion of the Venice Commission as an important point of reference for the strengthening of the rule of law in our...

In New Zealand

Thursday, 21 March 2019, 07:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The news of the terrorist tragedy at Christchurch really rocked you. Because so many innocent people were gunned down. Because they were killed under atrocious conditions. Because executions were...

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