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Kangaroo Court

Sunday, 3 May 2015, 08:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

I made my position long ago known about hunting. I am one who thinks that hunting should be abolished in Malta. However, I cannot fail to empathize with Kirsten Mifsud nicknamed il-Benghazi, for being...

A new era for Valletta

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 11:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Rachel Borg

This Monday, 4 May 2015, Malta will inaugurate a new and formidable chapter in its legislative history.  The house has been built.   The hall is ready, all modern and functional,...

Joseph and the amazing technicolour dream

Friday, 1 May 2015, 08:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

One of the great songs from the rock opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, is called “Joseph Megamix”. Listening to the lyrics can take you on a nostalgia trip to the 2013...

The government regrets its market stall promise

Thursday, 30 April 2015, 07:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The saga of the market stalls continues. Except that it doesn’t. They were supposed to be there in and around parliament house already, but they aren’t. At first the government blamed the...

An educational system that throws out the baby with the bathwater

Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 08:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Like many other parents I am driving around the island taking my son to his A-Level and Intermediate exams and my daughter to sit for her O-Levels.  This is the time when as a parent I realise...

It worked perfectly for Joseph Muscat

Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 12:37 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

It happened just the way Joseph Muscat imagined it. He did not want spring hunting to stop, knowing that Labour stood to lose support, and in the referendum he voted in favour of retaining the...

How should we interpret the local council election results?

Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 08:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

The PN can rightly claim to have come out victorious in these local council elections. It is true that Labour won in terms of votes and percentages, but it is also true that the gap or difference...

Can’t start a fire without a spark

Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

This coming Friday it’s Workers’ Day.  In many countries it is a public holiday. A day marked with a wide range of activities. Locally, a quick search in the website of the leading...

It’s not news

Monday, 27 April 2015, 13:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Many times we’re criticised for editorial decisions that we make. It’s part of the job. It has happened again this weekend, when we chose to upload a story about the civil union of...

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