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If he had been Borg, we wouldn’t have noticed

Thursday, 11 June 2015, 12:32 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

So now we have a fresh, piping-hot scandal on our hands (“another week, another skandlu”). Joseph’s Taghna Lkoll government has left us breathless, but not in the way that he...

Watch it

Thursday, 11 June 2015, 07:46 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

The latest batch of published statistics about economic performance during the first quarter of the year again confirmed the optimism that has gained ground. The rates of growth in a number of sectors...

(Winter) Moods for all seasons

Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 13:50 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Who hasn’t heard of the celebrated band Winter Moods?  Who hasn’t hummed Marigold or Everlasting or maybe My Neverland at some point in their life?   Well a couple of weeks...

The Department of Lands - a scandal

Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 08:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The Government is in the middle of another scandal involving its property. It has been reported that a ‘famous’ concrete magnate, by the surname of Gaffarena, made a hefty profit through...

Labour’s attack on education

Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 14:17 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Labour and education never lived in the same street. Each time it was in government it never placed education as a priority. Worse, it dismantled most of what had been built...

Silly love songs and free falls

Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

On the CD player I have“Wings at the Speed of Sound”, released in 1976, playing. Silly Love Songs is on; McCartney is on the bass as the brass pop up to introduce the chorus. The song is a...

Queries

Monday, 8 June 2015, 08:43 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Beyond the ongoing controversies regarding the proposal to establish a new private University in Malta – some of which are hardly conducted in good faith – how can one arrive at a sensible...

Addressing the environmental deficit

Sunday, 7 June 2015, 14:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The environmental deficit is constantly on the increase. Each generation creates additional environmental impacts without in any way adequately addressing the accumulated impacts handed down by the...

Christians in Arab Malta

Sunday, 7 June 2015, 14:04 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The recent demise of Professor Godfrey Wettinger has resuscitated the debate about Christianity in Arab Malta. Ironically, two days before his demise, the Archaeology Society of Malta brought over...

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