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No summer of love

Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

This summer we commemorate the 50th anniversary of what perhaps was the best and most creative era in socio-political history and popular music – the Summer of Love. People of a certain age...

Proposed Chiswick Pembroke School is a non-starter

Monday, 14 August 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The planning application to effectively transfer Chiswick School from Kappara to Pembroke opens a new chapter in opposing land-use planning atrocities which seem to sprout every other day. The site...

The Nationalist Party’s biggest concern is Frank Portelli

Monday, 14 August 2017, 08:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

If there is a candidate for the PN leadership who has the guts to call a spade a spade,it is Frank Portelli. This is why he is now at the centre of an orchestrated political attack.  There are...

The heatwave must have sizzled some minds

Sunday, 13 August 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I am being peppered by nasty remarks from those who support Frank Portelli and Adrian Delia – these two contenders for the Nationalist Party leadership themselves stick to being nasty at a...

Two out of four

Sunday, 13 August 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

The election for the new PN leader is run by an Electoral Commission, which, we were assured, conducted a thorough examination before they were admitted as candidates. Now, midway through the...

Opinion: Why do I want to be PN leader? - Adrian Delia

Sunday, 13 August 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Adrian Delia

Why do I want to be PN leader? Because it is my duty. Let me amplify that. It is the ambition of all parents to give their children the best possible chance in life. You cannot live their...

Circling the wagons

Saturday, 12 August 2017, 08:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Bringing your team back from sheer defeat to victory in heroic fashion. To unite in defense of a common interest.   The problem is, the wagons are in disarray and the travellers cannot agree...

August: when good stories dissipate in the humid heat

Thursday, 10 August 2017, 09:53 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Nationalist Party continues to tie itself up in knots with a leadership election that has degenerated into a desperate farce. Its radio station has become a place where random people talk about...

Sex on our mind

Monday, 6 October 2014, 18:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Dr Toni Abela, in his customary style, has re-ignited a debate that in more ways than one has been making the rounds for quite some time, namely that of regularizing brothels. Dr Abela during...

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