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We need to gather around the fire

Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 08:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

If there is one observable fact that has particularly dominated the socio-political scene these last four years and in many ways contributed extensively to the rise and fall and vice-versa of...

We're in this together

Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 11:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

When it comes to fruit I am not particularly finicky.   Much of it is great, but blood oranges and prickly pears are my favourites.     For different reasons, oranges and...

Brexit – My Sympathy

Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 11:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Like St Augustine, I cannot but start this blog on Brexit with a confession. I was one of those who strongly supported the entrance of Malta into the EU and never expected that, a decade later, I...

Trolling is the new tactic

Sunday, 19 June 2016, 11:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Labour Party has had, over the last 10 years at least, teams of people whose purpose it is to populate the media with comments and soundbite opinions which they hope will influence others to the...

Nights at A&E

Sunday, 19 June 2016, 10:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

Over recent years, for one reason or another, I have become accustomed to spending an occasional entire night at Mater Dei’s Accident and Emergency Department. Along, I would think, with quite a...

Brussels calling

Saturday, 18 June 2016, 08:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Things are going bad for labour.  No sooner have they fronted one attack on their west flank, then another rises on the east.  The troops are getting weary and their General is hidden from...

Air Malta

Saturday, 18 June 2016, 07:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Air Malta is once again in the news. This time, its future is at stake and its plight has taken an unexpected turn following the very strong statement made by Dominic Azzopardi, the President of Air...

The mystery company taking over health for a generation

Friday, 17 June 2016, 09:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

It looks like Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) will be taking over the Gozo Hospital, St Luke’s and Karin Grech in the coming days. This is “official” not because the government (to...

Konrad Mizzi is now the bloodstain that won’t wash

Thursday, 16 June 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Konrad Mizzi, who hasn’t gone anywhere and who seems keen to sit aboard Muscat’s ship and sink it, has not got the decency to lie down quietly in the shade and pretend to be invisible. And...

Brexit anxieties

Thursday, 16 June 2016, 07:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

As the date of the British referendum about whether the UK should remain a member of the EU came closer, tension in the Remain camp increased. This was quite unexpected since one way or the other, the...

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