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Vlog: Malta’s reputation at stake - Therese Comodini Cachia

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 07:51 Last update: about 10 years ago Therese Comodini Cachia

In her first vlog for The Malta Independent, Therese Comodini Cachia explains that the next general election is different from the previous ones because the Maltese people are being asked to vote to...

Green and Clean: Parliament’s role

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 07:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The general election is being overshadowed by a web of corruption spun around the Office of the Prime Minister. It has been unravelling for months since the publication of the Panama...

My eleventh

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 07:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

This is my 11th general election as both a voter and a media person. The first was in 1971 when, as a teenage reporter struggling to even understand the whole electoral process, I watched history...

Marlene Farrugia and the misogynist election propaganda

Monday, 22 May 2017, 07:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

As an avid follower of French politics, the recent political controversy that Charlie Hebdo has generated once again in France, hasleft me with a strong sense of revulsion.  As one may recall,...

From reputational risk to full-on reputational damage

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

One of the most extraordinary things about this government – other than the rampant, shocking corruption and cronyism, of course – is that its key members think, speak and behave as though...

Bigger than the election

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 10:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

What happened yesterday is the game-changer we were hoping would never happen. Forget the extremely hot election fever, the mammoth mass meetings, the wall-to-wall coverage of the elections on...

If I was prime minister…

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

I can barely keep up with the current drama that is unfolding in Malta’s political scene at the moment. Journalists being hauled before the police and asked to reveal their sources, political...

The energy to lie

Saturday, 20 May 2017, 08:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

The Labour party – because they are back to calling it that now, enjoy a higher popularity amongst men than with women.  The women chose Malta over the Labour Party.  This is no...

Today’s scandals

Friday, 19 May 2017, 10:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

The scandals that Malta is being faced with are much bigger than the scandals that erupted before the last election, Salvu Mallia says today. In his vlog on The Malta Independent, the PN...

On the campaign trail

Friday, 19 May 2017, 07:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

As a candidate in the general election, I am living this intense campaign on a daily basis. Compared with the previous election, I assure you that it is a sprint, while 2013 was a marathon. I am...

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