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Creative times

Thursday, 25 March 2021, 08:53 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

The times we live in are driven by change, by happenings that are unprecedented in the nation's life. Above all, there has been the Covid-19 pandemic - even if it has affected this country in the same...

Turning a new page

Thursday, 25 March 2021, 08:26 Last update: about 6 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The dramatic events which took place on Saturday in court shook the country to its core. While some may have been genuinely surprised at the outcome, many were not surprised at all - yet they still...

Justice delayed

Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 08:15 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

Justice delayed is justice denied. While it does invoke a feeling of political retribution, Keith Schembri’s arrest is but a reminder of how justice was missing in action for so many years,...

Namelessness and facelessness

Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 07:45 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

50 years or so ago, the University of Stanford’s psychology Professor Philip Zimbardo and his research team set out to investigate ‘power’ and how it is perceived by people who are...

Interest rates and inflation

Monday, 22 March 2021, 08:20 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

An ongoing debate between central banks now focuses on whether we are entering a period in which inflation will gather. For quite a while, price rises have been almost totally extinguished. This...

Dictatorship?

Saturday, 20 March 2021, 09:02 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

We are living what can be described as a dictatorship in Malta. Nothing short of that. As happens to people in many countries that face this fate, their reality is altered and their life becomes...

Resilience is our trademark

Friday, 19 March 2021, 08:03 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

If there is one feature which stands outs clearly and markedly in the Maltese population, it is resilience. We are a nation of people who know what it means to work hard and know that the greater the...

The Awakening of ‘Zghazagh Tan-Numri’

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 11:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In a couple of week's time Pulse and SDM, two student organizations, will fight the good fight at the Junior College in the KSJC council elections.  I am always particularly interested in...

Don’t judge, but…

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 08:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

The turbulence in the corridors of the Church continues to grow as more allegations are made.  It seems that this is not exclusive to the clergy, as this has now spread to the labour market with...

‘Sex at Rabat’ and Bishop Cremona

Thursday, 30 October 2014, 08:26 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

Is there a connection between this case of an alleged sexual abuse by a "priest" from Rabat, Fr Charles Fenech, and the resignation of Archbishop Cremona? I am sure that the true motives that brought...

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