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No gain in pain

Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 10:06 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The much acclaimed Life is Beautiful (1997) is a movie that many have seen with tears in their eyes and a smile on their face, in all probability, at the same time. In a jiffy Roberto Benigni manages...

Vilifying God is Malta’s new mission

Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The passing of a law allowing the vilification of religion is on the agenda of this Government. No doubt this law is being introduced to please a minority, many of whom are disillusioned Communists...

Vilifying the Archbishop - PL thrills?

Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 08:51 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

This is not about religion, privileges or concessions.  Nor is it meant to initiate any crusade. We have plenty of goings-on.  This is all about the negative signals which emanate from the...

Underdogs and hostile crowds

Monday, 14 September 2015, 12:22 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

In the last few days, the sport of tennis has given the world a number of stories that could serve as examples that go beyond the results obtained on the court and sport in general. They were...

Are financial services sinful?

Monday, 14 September 2015, 07:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Some MEPs seem to believe that financial services are sinful They consider them as an activity intended mainly to assist big multinatinal corporations evade taxes on their profits. It is true...

The government promises some more upside-down thinking

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Justyne Caruana, the parliamentary secretary for the elderly, has caused a bit of a storm by saying – out of the blue – that a new law (for which there has been no white paper or evidence...

Death of a giant

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

My earliest memory of Albert Mizzi goes back to April 1974 (I think) when I, a rookie journalist from Il-Hajja, was invited along with other journalists (including our Henry Brincat then at The Times) and travel agents to Air Malta’s inaugural flight to Munich. ...

Buckle up – we’re in for a bumpy ride

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:43 Last update: about 12 years ago Alex Mangion

The summer season has brought with it many heated decisions and arguments as well as question marks to the political scene, one being Zonqor Point and the famous American University of Malta.  I...

Ignoring residents and their Local Councils

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Government has published a consultation document dealing with the use of open public spaces by catering establishments, entitled ‘Guidelines on Outdoor Catering Areas on Open Public Space : a...

Thumbs up Francesco

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

There will be those who insist, wrongly, I think, that I am not in a position to comment on matters Catholic since I no longer practise the religion. On the other hand, my having been baptised, albeit...

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