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Enough with the negative

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 09:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Labour Party’s Christmas message to the people is that “Simon Busuttil and the Nationalist Party will end the year exactly as they started it – negatively.” I might add...

So, what a miserable farce

Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

When I sat down to see “Xarabank” last Friday, partly to get away from my lady’s cooking competitions or X-Factor, or whatever, on the other TV, I was happy to see that apart from...

Marlene and Jeffrey

Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 08:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Marlene Farrugia has a lot of courage to speak out the way she is doing against the government of which she forms part. She is turning out to be a difficult situation to handle for the Labour...

Road shows and road maps

Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 08:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

During the coming festive season many would be relieved from their daily activities, responsibilities and duties.  People would be in the mood to party, engage in light conversation but well...

Police and Education: Back to the Eighties

Monday, 15 December 2014, 10:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

Last Wednesday, I was invited by my friend, Brian Hansford on his programme Realta'. The topic chosen by the presenter was the issue of the publication by the press of the telephone recordings between...

The governance of our dreams

Monday, 15 December 2014, 08:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

I have to admit that my life as a Labour MP was fully charged and fraught with difficulties from day one. It so happened that my election into Malta's Parliament had...

Not much to show for 40 years

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

In case you missed it, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of our republic yesterday. Much like a couple of months ago when we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our independence, our political...

Xarabank last Friday: bad news for Labour

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Most people - me included - are mystified as to why the Labour Party chose to be represented by Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando last Friday on Xarabank. The only explanation I can come up with is that after...

System error

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Alfred Mifsud

The budget and its ensuing debate in Parliament have passed with an extraordinarily disinterested approach. Unfortunately, the whole saga leading to ex Minister Mallia's dismissal eclipsed its...

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