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What a mess

Friday, 5 February 2016, 09:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

If it’s not a scandal involving property dealings, then it’s a questionable appointment. This government is in the news for the wrong reasons every day. Just when you think that there...

Mafia and two politicians

Friday, 5 February 2016, 07:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Last week the Gaffarena scandal took a new twist when Dr Simon Busuttil labelled it ‘Mafia from Castille’, and assessed that the NAO's report is ‘a Mafia Story’. Labour...

Notes from a Prickly Pear Republic

Thursday, 4 February 2016, 11:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The government has continued with its practice of appointing cronies to public office and calling it feminism and ‘equality’ because they are women. The latest two are Go plc’s...

On being saintly

Thursday, 4 February 2016, 07:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

Having spent quite a number of years in the political trenches attacking the incredibly bad governance and worse of the PN in government, and in the process becoming a hate figure, I am shocked at the...

Faces behind bars

Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 09:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I visited people at Corradino Correctional Facility (CCF) innumerable times over the years.  I have been to the male and female divisions and also the young people’s sections both when...

Corruption erodes people’s quality of life

Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

Comparisons are odious, but there is no other instrument to measure the trust rating between the leading political parties, their respective leaders and their style of leadership.  Surveys...

Malta turned upside down

Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 07:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

As promised, the Prime Minister has started legal proceedings to annul the deed between Gaffarena and the Lands Department and in the process recover the property given to Gaffarena. This may appear a...

Kim il Sung and No. 7

Monday, 1 February 2016, 10:53 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

It is called number 7. The 'it' was once a she. And before it was a she, the 'she' had a name.  The name is now forgotten, but  you can still find it if you look for it. It is scribbled...

Libya

Monday, 1 February 2016, 07:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

The establishment of a Libyan national government is evidently an urgent priority, and not simply to create a united front against Daesh. On the other hand, it is equally important to have a Libyan...

Notes from a Banana Republic

Sunday, 31 January 2016, 11:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Magistrate Consuelo Herrera has exonerated the President of Malta from any responsibility for the disaster that was her show-off-cars fundraiser, in which 28 people who were not protected by safety...

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