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The good, the bad and the ugly

Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 08:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

In popular parlance it has always been the good, the bad and the ugly.  Here, however I decided to place them in a different order, the bad, the ugly and the good. Let's stay positive. ...

The Church: A timed or timely coup d’ etat?

Monday, 20 October 2014, 08:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

As I said in my previous blog, 'A Church in melt-down, a Renault 4 and a pair of binoculars',  I consider myself a judicious practicing Catholic.  I must say that an element of...

Is Alice in Wonderland?

Monday, 20 October 2014, 07:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Cheshire Cat:    "By-the-bye, what became of the baby?" Alice:         "It turned into a pig." Cheshire Cat:    "I...

The dog ate my roadmap

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 11:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The recurring theme of the Labour Party general election campaign - other than the theme of how corrupt and incompetent the people were who took Malta into the European Union and the eurozone when...

The end of a dream

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 11:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

Fifty-two years ago, on a hot day on 11th October, still a young MUSEUM teenager, my face was glued to the windowpane of Farrugia 'tar-radjijiet' showroom in High Street Hamrun for a full four hours,...

Everyone is a winner

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alison Bezzina

I'm not a big football fan, in fact I'm not even a little bit fond of the sport, but last Monday, thanks to the Malta vs Italy World Cup Qualifier, my love for the game multiplied a thousand...

History must not repeat itself

Sunday, 19 October 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Mifsud

The fear of history repeating itself forced me to re-read the story of Germany between 1928 and 1933. By 1928, Germany was recovering well from the shattering experience of the First World War and the...

Church resignations

Saturday, 18 October 2014, 17:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

Archbishop Mgr Paul Cremona has resigned the post. He has said that he has been thinking about it for two years, and that he is leaving the helm of the church in Malta. It has taken him quite a while,...

How the police proceed

Saturday, 18 October 2014, 15:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

A former senior police officer, ex-Assistant Commissioner Michael Cassar, was in the news recently in connection with the case instituted by the Prime Minister against the Opposition Leader following...

Ready, aim… fire

Saturday, 18 October 2014, 08:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Throughout the legislature of the Nationalist Government, so much negative propaganda was thrown by the opposition (and from its own backbenches) at any legislations, projects, initiatives and...

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