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Catch me if you can

Friday, 13 March 2015, 08:19 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Joseph Muscat has been in power for only two years. Yet, in some respects, he is behaving like one of those Third World dictators. In tin-pot democracies, the governing few and their lackeys are...

There’s no place in politics for Toni Abela, either

Thursday, 12 March 2015, 08:32 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Toni Abela, deputy leader of the Labour Party, had the brass neck to say to the media yesterday that there is no place for Giovanna Debono, the former Gozo Minister, in politics, on the basis of the...

The electorate

Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 09:55 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The main objective for every political party is to try and convince the electorate that they should be voting for ‘them’.   Politics in all truth is a complex mind game and the...

Are political promises worth something?

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 07:57 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

In politics two years are a rather short period to draw definitive conclusions. One can only look for and detect some characteristics, some of which may be very encouraging and positive while others...

The appreciation of Semitic Maltese and the Church

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Recently, I had the opportunity to meet an extremely informed Franciscan priest, Sebastian Camilleri. Originally, he was from Ħamrun and his name was Emanuel but as was the custom then, it was...

Two years of Labour

Monday, 9 March 2015, 08:34 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Don’t be disappointed if Joseph Muscat does not resign today, on the day that his self-imposed deadline for the completion of the power station at Delimara expires. He is a man that enjoys...

Toddler

Monday, 9 March 2015, 08:09 Last update: about 12 years ago Marlene Farrugia

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. Thomas Jefferson So it’s been two  years since...

A world class bishop

Saturday, 7 March 2015, 08:31 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

“The appointment of Mgr Charles Scicluna as the new Archbishop of Malta is very good news for the Maltese Islands”.  These are the words of Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith, posted on 2 March...

An irrelevant project for Valletta

Friday, 6 March 2015, 14:26 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Joseph Muscat’s government has put its eyes on Castile Square and wants to change it into a remarkable venue. The Malta Independent’s editorial on Thursday, 5 March, was dedicated to the...

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