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Anchors aweigh

Saturday, 24 October 2015, 08:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Watching and listening to Simon Busuttil speaking in Parliament on Monday on the Budget restored our mind and emotions to a level place, from where we may regain a sense of trust and order.  Too...

Disability: Walking the talk!

Friday, 23 October 2015, 08:57 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I have been following the disability sector closely for years on end now.  Apart from my academic interest, over these last 30 years  I have done it all; from Care Work to driving...

Stoning the opponent

Friday, 23 October 2015, 08:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

The MUT President, Kevin Bonello, resorted to the MUT’s official Facebook page to launch an attack on those who are disagreeing with the distribution of books about gay and lesbian sexuality in...

Down the halal rabbit-hole

Thursday, 22 October 2015, 10:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

There are times when I think I’ve fallen down the rabbit-hole, and this is one of them. Labour MP Joe Farrugia – believe me when I say that I had never heard of him before now – said...

Critique

Thursday, 22 October 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

I was hardly impressed by the Nationalist Opposition’s critique of the 2016 budget and of the present economic direction. It is clear that when the economy is on a roll, as is happening now in...

Why is Joseph Muscat so angry?

Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 10:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat must have been very irked by the well-measured and genuine reply to the budget given by Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil on Monday. In his address on Tuesday, Joseph...

I will not confess!

Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 08:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

When still a little boy going to confession made me feel very much like the prodigal son; lost with a need to be found, forever made to think I have sinned and in need of indulgence because of my...

You’re so far away

Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 11:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

The 1985 Dire Straits rock song ‘So far away’ has eloquent lyrics. “You’re so far away from me I just can’t see” is a growing feeling amongst various categories in...

Teaching sexuality to children

Monday, 19 October 2015, 10:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

On Friday, 9 October, I was invited by Ivan Grech Mintoff to be a guest on his programme Exodus on F-Living. He wanted to discuss the current government’s policy on sexual education. It resulted...

Budget waves

Monday, 19 October 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

One can consider the way by which people come to terms with the budget as a process spread over three movements. In a first wave, the budget is published and subjected to the open scrutiny of the...

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