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Frozen

Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 08:33 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

Living on a small piece of territory one calls both home and nation has its advantages, but it can also be nightmarish. I remember one particularly striking cartoon by my late friend and media...

Spotlight on Pilatus Bank

Monday, 24 April 2017, 13:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Egrant Inc. story has been in the news for the past year: in fact, it has been developing for over the four years since the 2013 general elections, when it was set up together with other...

Who's most black?

Monday, 24 April 2017, 08:08 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

References to black in this piece are in no way intended with a racial or racist slant. But it is true that rarely if ever at all, has political controversy in this country been governed so hugely by...

Lying through their teeth

Sunday, 23 April 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Apparently, it is not sufficiently grave and offensive that for the last year this country has had to contend with a Prime Minister who defends and protects his chief of staff and closest...

The Azerbaijan-isation of Malta

Sunday, 23 April 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Today, I had planned to write on the implications of the first round of the French presidential elections, to explore and reflect on the implications of this completely new political situation in one...

Vaccinations: why let facts interfere with your opinion?

Sunday, 23 April 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alice Taylor

I thought I would go for a change in direction this week. I will give the xenophobes, the women-haters, and the bigots a bit of time to collect their thought(s) and instead present you with something...

A struggle for consensus

Saturday, 22 April 2017, 09:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Outer space is full of debris rattling towards planet earth.  Broken up satellites, rocks from hurtling stars and firey comets just missing us by a whisker.  Or is that actually the Labour...

PM should not be the one to speak about decency

Friday, 21 April 2017, 13:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

The Prime Minister gave the perfect example of double-speak when he urged Opposition leader Simon Busuttil to use politics in a decent way, Salvu Mallia says in his blog today. The PN candidate...

How rich of Muscat

Friday, 21 April 2017, 13:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Last Tuesday, in an attempt to distract from the main issue of the past few days – the identity of the real owner of Egrant Inc. – Joseph Muscat sent two surgeons to a press conference on...

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