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IDEOLOGY

Thursday, 25 June 2015, 11:04 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

We’ve long been told that ideology died when the Berlin wall fell and globalisation spread. I never believed this fairy story but have always been impressed by the fact that so many...

Those sitting on the flashy green chairs on rails

Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 14:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

One distinctive feature that is embedded in this nation’s collective memory is our obsession with politicians for reasons that have been discussed countless times notably so in Professor Oliver...

Dr Ian Borg’s apology is a step in the right direction

Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 13:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

This government’s pledge to fight bureaucracy tooth and nail is bearing fruit, alas to the selected few.   Pampering the selected few is a gross social injustice which cannot be erased...

University and the Zonqor Controversy

Monday, 22 June 2015, 15:50 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

Last week, Arnold Cassola stated that career ambitions may have been the reason why academics did not sign the Zonqor petition. This is partially true. Professor Cassola rightly used the conditional...

Treadmilling to extinction

Monday, 22 June 2015, 13:51 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

'However, the government had to take the necessary decisions so as not to have to introduce tough measures which would be needed if the economy regressed' - PM...

Labour costs

Monday, 22 June 2015, 06:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

It’s news to make one feel good. According to the European statistical office Eurostat, the income of employees in Malta and Gozo has recently been increasing at a higher rate than the European...

We can’t all be bought, threatened or cowed into submission

Sunday, 21 June 2015, 18:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Yesterday’s demonstration was the first clear message to the Labour government that we can’t all be bought, threatened or cowed into submission. As pro-environment demonstrations go, this...

The counter-tsunami

Sunday, 21 June 2015, 13:59 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

Sooner or later, it had to happen. The continued, unabated, influx of asylum-seekers from the disturbed regions of the world, across porous frontiers and a treacherous Mediterranean, has now...

The Freeport’s neighbours at Birżebbuġa

Sunday, 21 June 2015, 13:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Two incidents occurred at the Freeport Terminal last week. The first led to the spill of an oily-like chemical when a container was accidentally hit and part of its contents spilled out into the sea....

Mandarin for finger

Sunday, 21 June 2015, 09:56 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

I predicted on national radio last Sunday that Opposition leader Simon Busuttil’s forthcoming visit to the People’s Republic of China will be one of the major issues up for discussion by...

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