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The great Catholic rebellion

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 09:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

Back in the 1980s we had the big Catholic rebellion when the KMB government targeted the Catholic schools. This was very much a grass roots rebellion, not led by the official church at the beginning,...

Teaching Islam in schools – what are you so afraid of?

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

The topic of the moment appears to be centred on the suggestion that Islam could be taught in schools in Malta. Predictably, this has been met with cries of blasphemy, racial slurs, unsubstantiated...

A charter of commitment

Saturday, 25 March 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

The recent froth that has risen to the surface of the troubled waters has laid bare the vulnerability of words against facts, of reality challenging perceptions.  In a show me yours and I'll not...

‘What are we going to do with religion?’ – Salvu Mallia

Friday, 24 March 2017, 11:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

Salvu Mallia spoke about the Archbishop and Islam in Church schools in his video blog today. He said that "We are living in a new reality, where there are persons from other religions, not just...

INDEPTH: Chris Cardona’s alibi might not be enough

Friday, 24 March 2017, 11:21 Last update: about 10 years ago INDEPTH online

Economy Minister and PL Deputy Leader Chris Cardona denied that he was against the removal of garnishee orders as proposed by Government in the new media bill, yet he believes that he was right in being the first politician to file such a garnishee against a journalist, freezing nearly €50,000 of her assets. ...

A deal bad for our health

Friday, 24 March 2017, 09:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The controversial ITS deal brought with it huge connotations which have created a political earthquake in our system. In my opinion, not enough has been said about the details of the deal. Last...

Tanya Borg Cardona should just step down

Thursday, 23 March 2017, 10:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The people who work for the Broadcasting Authority are paying the price for the Prime Minister’s carefully contrived malice in appointing Tanya Borg Cardona chairman of the Broadcasting...

Terrorism

Thursday, 23 March 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Just as Daesh is getting slowly squeezed and choked out of the major areas it controlled in Sirya and Iraq, one must expect terrorist activity in Europe to ramp up. Radical Islamism had and still has...

All we are left with are the sea shells she loved

Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 09:08 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This is probably one of the Columns that hurt most when I put pen to paper.  On the other hand it was most likely even one of the quickest to write. I will not beat around the bush, it is...

Gvern Alternattiv Nazzjonali Demokratiku

Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 15:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Il-Partit tal-Labour fih zewg kurrenti: Hemm In-Nies li vvutaw ghal Malta Taghna Lkoll illum dizilluzi u ttraduti. Imbaghad hemm dawk In-nies li jappogjaw lill-panamacapulco labour li nghata l-barka u...

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