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Environment in bondage

Monday, 1 June 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Marlene Farrugia

You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.   Nelson Mandela   There was a little feast in Zonqor Point yesterday. And it wasn't just...

The PN’s green promise

Monday, 1 June 2015, 09:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Only time will tell whether the Nationalist Party’s promise to safeguard the environment and not allow any type of building projects in outside development zones will be kept. But Simon...

Economic growth in Europe

Monday, 1 June 2015, 07:48 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Almost all analysts confirm that indicators of an improving economic performance in Europe have become rosier in past weeks. After all, at some stage the stagnation and indeed recession that prevailed...

Losing the plot

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

As I settle down to write on Wednesday evening, I realise that I have been listening to the parliamentary debate on MTA for three hours now. We have had a number of such sittings over the past...

The Golden Years of Labour Revisited

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Karmenu Vella calls those years of the Labour government, when Lorry Sant, Joe Grima, Patrick Holland, Danny Cremona, Wistin Abela, Alex Sceberras Trigona and he himself ran riot, the 'Golden Years of...

The hospital’s concrete

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The issue came to the fore last September when Minister Konrad Mizzi said that there were problems with constructing additional wards on the Emergency Department of Mater Dei Hospital. The contractor...

Knowledge is becoming the ultimate currency

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Alex Mangion

Life, as we know, is pretty much the same for every child - s/he is sent to school and starts a long-term learning process. When we are young, we all take the same route of life; then that same route...

The silence of the lambs

Saturday, 30 May 2015, 14:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

With allegations of intimidation, accusations of rape and plundering of virgin land and attacks on the Church, this latest chapter in the thriller story of Zonqor point is quickly developing into a...

Smoke screens and Chinese umbrellas

Friday, 29 May 2015, 14:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

No one doubts that the case of the Mater Dei concrete is a grave matter. The controversy is about how to go about finding out who is guilty and holding them accountable. There is the serious...

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