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Religion closes people’s minds

Friday, 4 August 2017, 11:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

Religion closes people’s minds, when instead education should aim to open them towards the different colours of life, Salvu Mallia says today. Mallia takes a dig at both the Nationalist...

Malta’s got (untapped) talent

Friday, 4 August 2017, 08:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Alex Muscat

As a country we are failing when it comes to women in politics. The number of women in politics is still too low. I believe that we should have more female representation in Parliament, and in...

Malta is no longer a Mediterranean island

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 10:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

When one of my sons returned to Europe from Central America, where he had been living for a couple of years, he spent some months in Greece, on one of its many islands, before moving north. Why, I...

Street refuse

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 08:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Is it just a suspicion or has street refuse been increasing? It does seem as if it is not simply a question of an increase in volume, but that it is becoming difficult to ensure that cleansing is...

The race to succeed Simon Busuttil has begun

Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 07:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

Do not get alarmed; this is just a hypothetical question:   Would you still board a cruise liner if, at the eleventh hour, your attention is drawn to the fact that the captain in charge of...

Cancer drugs

Monday, 31 July 2017, 07:24 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

It’s good news that the governent has been enlarging the choice of anti-cancer drugs available for “distribution” to patients. Many of these drugs will have made it quite recently to...

This summer’s ‘telenovela’

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

As this paper’s sister daily said, the silly season has been put off this year. Or rather, the silly season is here in all its glory all focused on the Nationalist Party leadership telenovela...

The hypocrisy of patriots that do not care about their country

Sunday, 30 July 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alice Taylor

There is no doubt that the Maltese are an extremely patriotic and proud race. One can easily see that from browsing the comments section of any newspaper or social media post. They defend their nation...

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