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Another death at the depot

Monday, 4 January 2016, 11:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

While Malta’s leading politicians were collecting money for charity, a German died at the Police Depot in Floriana.  We were told by the Police that this man was homeless and a drug addict....

Libya

Monday, 4 January 2016, 07:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

For a long while, we all have been saying how necessary it is for Libya to again find peace once all the factions that make it up, agree on a fair and just arrangement. This wish does not seem to have...

Simon’s ODZ bluff

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 10:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

20 January is the closing date for the submission of expressions of interest in response to the call by the Privatisation Unit regarding the establishment of a Motorsports complex in...

Apogee

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 10:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

The signs are there, I hold, but we refuse to see them, or are unable to see them or we are made unable to see them. The star of the Joseph Muscat term has passed its apogee – ie its...

Positively different

Saturday, 2 January 2016, 10:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

When Labour adopt a mantra, as instructed by the team at Castille, who now we know runs the country, they sure as hell stick to it. Their strategy is very textbook. They pick on a marketing strategy...

Game of deception

Saturday, 2 January 2016, 08:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

For many politicians these days, deception comes as natural as breathing.  We read that trust in the Government has decreased by 5 points, down to 51% from 56%.  But I think it would be more...

Not tonight, Marie Louise. Or ever again.

Thursday, 31 December 2015, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Some people commenting on the internet became almost hysterical when Immanuel Mifsud, the novelist, wrote a blog-post in which he expressed his dismay and irritation at the way in which the President...

Id-Dar Tal-Providenza

Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 11:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Traditionally, “l-Istrina” fell on 1st January. It is only recently that this event was moved to 26th December, the day traditionally known as Boxing Day. There are various stories all...

No to a ‘no-fun zone’

Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Carmelo Abela, following the accident at the Plus One Club in Paceville that left over 70 young people injured, announced the first measures that...

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