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A sack-race or a three-legged one!

Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 08:16 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

During these hot summer days four gentlemen will hardly be allowed enough time for a siesta, let alone a short holiday.  They will be assiduously campaigning amongst PN party members. ...

Planning Authority says: develop ODZ, it is cheaper!

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The decision taken by the Board of the Planning Authority last Thursday, with 10 votes in favour and three votes against the development of 4,748 square metres of land Outside the Development Zone...

Accruals

Monday, 24 July 2017, 08:01 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Finance Minister Scicluna’s plan to convert government accounts from a cash format to one based on accruals is well taken and praiseworthy. Whether it will succeed is another matter. One...

Paola and its Coat-of-Arms: an open letter to Silvio Parnis

Monday, 24 July 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

During this week, Paola’s parish community celebrates its annual feast with great pomp and merrymaking. As a person who spent my childhood in Paola, I cannot but dedicate a few words to it. As I...

Brass necks are back in fashion

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Brass necks are back in fashion, and this past week saw two of them parading down Malta’s high street, squeaking viciously. One of those brass necks is worn by the Prime Minister’s chief...

And then there were four

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

So all the talk about a new PN leader destined to lead the party to renewed glory has come down to a contest between two knowns and two unknowns. There are more once-hopefuls who have stayed out...

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 06:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked...

Flashy and ever so slightly trashy

Sunday, 5 October 2014, 11:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Prime Minister's wife is making a big mistake by flashing herself around and having the government's Department of Information issue press photographs of her meeting this or that star or dignitary...

Straws in the mind, or the beginning of something?

Sunday, 5 October 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

On two successive Sundays, a seemingly ad hoc crowd came together and demonstrated in Valletta. One had an immediate cause to it - hunters protesting against the suspension of the hunting season...

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