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Victor Vella: My Solidarity

Friday, 15 January 2016, 11:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

One of the best journalists at Union Press or better still of l-Orizzont, Victor Vella was in the news after receiving an anonymous letter, presumably because of his writings about immigration....

From kitchen to bedroom

Friday, 15 January 2016, 09:50 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The infamous New Year’s video message from the kitchen is still on everyone’s mind and a strong conversation piece. As I said last week, the main issue is the lies. People do not accept...

Sauce for the goose

Thursday, 14 January 2016, 11:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The deputy mayor of Xghajra has been sacked from the Labour Party after he refused to resign his position on the local council when he was asked to do so by the party bosses. They were then...

Precarious work

Thursday, 14 January 2016, 07:53 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

I'm unconvinced that the struggle against precarious work is being won, and not only in Malta. In a globalised economy, with frontiers open for widespread immigration, full scope is being discovered...

When young people ‘float down, like autumn leaves’

Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 12:13 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I am one who believes that journalism and broadcasting should be celebrating as many positives that happen around us as possible notwithstanding the constant tragedies and the sad moments that our...

It’s the PM’s fault, not Bedingfield’s

Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 07:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

The latest outburst on the social media by Labour journalist, turned MEP, turned adviser, turned administrator of PQs in the Office of the Prime Minister (with time to trudge next to heads of...

Having a nice cup of tea with the PM

Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 11:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

A record crowd gathered in St. George’s Square and adjoining streets in Valletta to wave goodbye to 2015 and to greet 2016. Party-goers popped champagne bottles, hugged and kissed during the...

Stop defending the indefensible

Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 07:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

Dr Owen Bonnici is one of those Labour ministers I used to admire when as junior minister, he stood up to the Labour Minster Manwel Mallia and refused to continue serving under him as Parliamentary...

What is being lost in translation?

Monday, 11 January 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Our vulnerability is being lost in translation. Keeping the feel good factor high is important . It is  important to keep minds and bodies going, to fuel ambition, fire motivation to achieve...

Digital

Monday, 11 January 2016, 07:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

With the passage of time, the digital challenge becomes more acute. Informatics, mostly through the internet,  have come to determine how we communicate, buy and pay, work and get entertained, as...

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