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Oh Jesus!

Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 14:10 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Even though I consider myself a Catholic, I'm not too much of a Churchgoer. My interest in participating in the liturgy and sacraments has waned-off these last years, mainly because this is a Catholic...

Earth shattering politics and San Gejtanu

Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 12:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

At this time of the year, many seek to take a short break. Our politicians have called it day at the House and hung their cushioned boxing gloves for when the weather is cooler. Many things have,...

Of hymens, boobs and balls

Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 07:50 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Education Minister Evarist Bartolo did not deem it fit to sack the chief executive officer of the Employment and Training Corporation for lewd comments he passed publicly about a...

A midsummer night's dream

Monday, 3 August 2015, 11:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Summer in the Maltese Islands is a hot experience indeed.   Spectacular dawns tempered with the silkiest of morning breezes herald the early rise of the golden sun which in...

In a bind

Monday, 3 August 2015, 08:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

The duty of an Opposition is to monitor the government of the day in order to ensure, among other aims, that governance of the country is conducted on the right lines. It does this by provoking...

Prosit Judge Michael Mallia

Monday, 3 August 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Finally, there is a judge with guts who has no qualms in calling a spade a spade. Judge Michael Mallia’s report breaks the covert alliance that was, until recently, in existence between a...

It’s not just banter

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 11:16 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Labour MP Marlene Farrugia’s criticism of Education Minister Evarist Bartolo, for not doing the necessary and getting rid of Employment & Training Corporation CEO Philip Rizzo, has really...

The pincer movement of poverty

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 11:10 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

Beyond our little world of festi and scandals, the tectonic plates are moving and we are caught in the middle. We are being squeezed by two movements, both deriving from poverty and we, despite...

From toxic waste to iGaming

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 10:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

It is a well known fact that the underworld on the Italian peninsula controls vast stretches of the Italian economy. Some readers will remember the underworld’s waste-management activity...

Time to rethink the whole circus?

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

Many, who like me, have grown up working in the media since their teenage years, will tell you that things have changed. For the better technically, professionally, academically and possibly...

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