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Planning for the foreseeable future

Sunday, 6 August 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Human nature has always been preoccupied with the future. However, at times we tend not to realise that we mould a substantial part of the future through our actions today. Unfortunately, sometimes...

Putting People First

Saturday, 5 August 2017, 09:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

Had the 2017 election been a satisfaction survey we may be convinced that people in Malta and Gozo are delighted with their government and have been transformed into a tranquil and optimistic...

Religion closes people’s minds

Friday, 4 August 2017, 11:31 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

Religion closes people’s minds, when instead education should aim to open them towards the different colours of life, Salvu Mallia says today. Mallia takes a dig at both the Nationalist...

Malta’s got (untapped) talent

Friday, 4 August 2017, 08:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Alex Muscat

As a country we are failing when it comes to women in politics. The number of women in politics is still too low. I believe that we should have more female representation in Parliament, and in...

Malta is no longer a Mediterranean island

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 10:52 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

When one of my sons returned to Europe from Central America, where he had been living for a couple of years, he spent some months in Greece, on one of its many islands, before moving north. Why, I...

Street refuse

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 08:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Is it just a suspicion or has street refuse been increasing? It does seem as if it is not simply a question of an increase in volume, but that it is becoming difficult to ensure that cleansing is...

The race to succeed Simon Busuttil has begun

Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 07:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

Do not get alarmed; this is just a hypothetical question:   Would you still board a cruise liner if, at the eleventh hour, your attention is drawn to the fact that the captain in charge of...

Cancer drugs

Monday, 31 July 2017, 07:24 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

It’s good news that the governent has been enlarging the choice of anti-cancer drugs available for “distribution” to patients. Many of these drugs will have made it quite recently to...

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