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Simon’s choices

Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 11:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

It took Joseph Muscat three weeks to fire Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia after his driver’s involvement in a shooting incident. Shooting in the direction of a human being in a car, not at...

Renzo and Lawrence, ‘I’m no pigeon’!

Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

On Monday our attention was taken up by the inauguration of the controversial architectural design of Renzo Piano dedicated to host the foremost institution of this country.   Parliament for...

An open challenge by Fr Montebello

Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 08:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

Fr Mark Montebello’s blessing of the rings of a gay couple landed him in yet another fix. He is once again the talk of the town and making news. Whether this is for good reason or otherwise is...

Lawrence Gonzi

Monday, 4 May 2015, 09:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

History is being and will continue to be much kinder to Lawrence Gonzi than reality was at the time he was prime minister. Matters are much clearer with the benefit of hindsight, and a distanced...

An open letter to Hani Salah

Monday, 4 May 2015, 08:42 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Dear Hani Salah, I wish to thank you for selecting my country for your intended substantial investment. Your faith in our government as well as in the hospitality of the Maltese...

The national chain’s weakest link

Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:42 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

Beyond the normal partisan dialectic, it is useful to get down to the real grass roots of the country and take the temperature. One finds, from experience, that our national democracy is flimsy...

Miss Sai Gone but Mister Konrad No Crai

Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

It’s all over social media: Miss Sai Gone. And gone she is, on €13,000 a month and with nothing to show for it. It’s tempting to get stuck on the money and that she’s done no...

We do not live in a post-anything

Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:38 Last update: about 13 years ago Jenny Pullicino Orlando

Many things have happened in the last few weeks that have roused our political sensibilities; 800 migrants, people, perished in our graveyard sea, bringing this year’s death toll in the...

The costs of air pollution

Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The World Health Organisation (WHO) report published earlier this week entitled Economic cost of the health impact of air pollution in Europe. Clean air, health and wealth is an eye-opener to many who...

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