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Lies, lies and more lies

Friday, 8 January 2016, 11:05 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

When Joseph Muscat and his team chose the kitchen set-up for the New Year message, they couldn't have imagined it would go so wrong and backfire to the extent that it did. The miscalculation sent...

Albert Fenech and the political climate within the PN

Friday, 8 January 2016, 08:25 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The Nationalist MP, Professor Albert Fenech, is again in the news. This time, it was not regarding his job termination at Mater Dei but because he has been given a new appointment in the planned...

Dispatches from a Tal-Hawsla kitchen

Thursday, 7 January 2016, 10:17 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The prime minister and his communications team – or as they would doubtless put it, ‘tim’ – must have been thoroughly delighted with their kitchen-sink-drama cum Enya music...

Police and army

Thursday, 7 January 2016, 07:12 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

The following cannot be considered a popular point of view. Yet, current circumstances are such that we urgently need to ensure once and for all, that the island’s security forces –...

‘Party’ hats and a Presidential role model

Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 09:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

It seems that our political class is getting used to stumbling.  I know this sounds harsh especially coming from someone who has the highest esteem towards politicians for the unenviable role...

Clipping the wings of omnipotence

Tuesday, 5 January 2016, 09:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

I am not a linguist but as a concerned and literate Maltese citizen I too have been following the disturbing controversies about the Maltese language especially in recent years.  The latest one I...

Another death at the depot

Monday, 4 January 2016, 11:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

While Malta’s leading politicians were collecting money for charity, a German died at the Police Depot in Floriana.  We were told by the Police that this man was homeless and a drug addict....

Libya

Monday, 4 January 2016, 07:49 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

For a long while, we all have been saying how necessary it is for Libya to again find peace once all the factions that make it up, agree on a fair and just arrangement. This wish does not seem to have...

Simon’s ODZ bluff

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 10:49 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

20 January is the closing date for the submission of expressions of interest in response to the call by the Privatisation Unit regarding the establishment of a Motorsports complex in...

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