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Ghost towns in the Maltese islands

Sunday, 14 May 2017, 09:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The last Census, carried out in 2011 – with results published in late 2014 – revealed that in the Maltese islands only 68.2 per cent of residential property is regularly occupied. The rest...

Why are the polls grey?

Saturday, 13 May 2017, 10:23 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

Compare and contrast the way that clear cases of corruption, tax avoidance, financial crimes and so many more unethical situations, are simply in the character of the family of the Labour party whilst...

On the good side of history

Friday, 12 May 2017, 13:24 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

Salvu Mallia says today that he does not want to be remembered to have been on the wrong side of history. In his vlog today, Mallia says that the choice is there for everyone to take....

Labour's dirty tricks cupboard: IVF

Friday, 12 May 2017, 07:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Another day, yet another lie in Joseph Muscat’s negative campaign. This time they are spreading the word that a government led by Simon Busuttil would stop the IVF service offered at Mater...

If they could, they’d turn Malta into Turkey

Thursday, 11 May 2017, 11:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

And quite frankly, we’re getting there rapidly. The gang at the top are fighting for their survival, using a mass of trolls, paid or unpaid, a large army of party apparatchiks and ‘persons...

Promises

Thursday, 11 May 2017, 08:28 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

It is interesting how a snap election campaign found the two major parties ready with their promises. I guess we’ll be learning about more of them in the remaining couple of weeks. What...

Preserving social wellbeing in the current political climate

Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

In the current political climate, I find that it is indeed our duty as academics and especially in my role as Dean of a Faculty (for Social Wellbeing) to appeal to decency and decorum as we go about...

On Muscat, Egrant and a coalition

Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 11:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Arnold Cassola

Alternattiva Demokratika chairman speaks about the crisis which led to an early election and why his party did not accept to form part of a coalition as proposed by the Nationalist Party....

Prime Minister, my children are not yours

Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 08:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat chose a very unfortunate phrase in the Labour Party’s first mass meeting of the election campaign in Zabbar on Sunday....

For the love of our Islands

Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 07:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

While preparing to pen this piece, I thoughtwhich issues merit thorough reflection now that the electoral campaign is gearingup.  I concluded that good governance deserves detailed consideration....

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