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Divestments

Saturday, 30 April 2016, 08:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Contrary to all that was said, the former Ship Building site in Marsa, as most recently stated by Dr Muscat, will be converted into a site providing maintenance and servicing for the oil and gas...

The resignation of the Police Commissioner

Saturday, 30 April 2016, 08:11 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

After publishing my last blog on the Police Force, I received several messages, from highly respected persons who have chosen to kindly share with me information about the history of our Police Corps,...

Now that I have your attention

Friday, 29 April 2016, 10:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

My opinion piece last week created quite a storm. The government had just boasted that more people were being admitted into Mater Dei. I asked whether that meant that more people were getting sick...

Getting promoted for doing wrong

Friday, 29 April 2016, 07:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

The expectations were high for the Prime Minister’s decision on Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri. The more time passed, and the more he kept repeating the same mantra that one day he will make up...

Malta: the weird island

Thursday, 28 April 2016, 11:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

You can’t reach any other conclusion, really. This must be the only place in what purports to be civilisation where a cabinet minister who wakes up one morning to find that the wall of secrecy...

Cynicism

Thursday, 28 April 2016, 10:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

A friend of mine could be considered as too cynical, for this is how he replies to points raised. Some people declare they are sufficiently well off; then you find them quite prepared to cut...

An Oasis, but little hope

Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Once again Oasi Foundation, an NGO based in Gozo, focused on supporting people who are struggling with addictions was at the forefront in the debate surrounding a reform in the drug legislation that...

A Police Commissioner in trouble?

Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 09:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Was I, as a historian, to make a quick assessment of the Police Corps, I would have to state that it started going downhill from the clash between Dom Mintoff and Police Commissioner Vivian de Gray....

Workers’ Day - celebrations and concerns

Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 10:11 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

Before I enter into this week’s subject I wish to congratulate all Hamrun Spartans players and club officials for their efforts. Their efforts paid dividends last Saturday as Hamrun Spartans FC...

Oxygenation not indignation

Monday, 25 April 2016, 11:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

People from all over the globe flock to our beautiful islands for regeneration, revitalisation, rejuvenation. They come to us, in droves, seeking to immerse themselves in the enchanting...

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