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Troughs and coughs

Friday, 6 March 2015, 07:58 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

There’s a silver lining to the rotten deal Joseph Muscat struck over the Premier. We won’t have to hear him tell us to wake up and smell the coffee ever again. If he does, we can all shout...

PN not making headway

Thursday, 5 March 2015, 09:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

One government failure after another is not resulting in the Nationalist Party gaining any ground. Whatever mishap, lack of foresight, individual or collective mistake, and full-blown scandal that the...

The real baddie in all this is the prime minister

Thursday, 5 March 2015, 08:09 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

In the outcry about the Cafe Premier deal with the government, we have tended to put too much focus on majority shareholder, Mario George Camilleri, as the baddie who brokered the deal. But the real...

Re-inventing the opposition

Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 08:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This week, on the second anniversary of its election, we will be discussing at length the success and letdowns of the Government. In my estimation there was a fair share of both.   I believe...

The voice of a modern prophetess

Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 12:12 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

A few days ago, the President of the Republic, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, hosted a literary and musical evening at San Anton, when Clare Agius and Jimi Busittil from the film Simshar, and members of...

Scraping the bottom of the barrel

Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 08:31 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

A sweeping statement is certainly not fit here, but the disenchantment amongst many is growing fast. Our political class’ credentials are treading on very thin ice. The level of accountability...

Muscat is repeating Gonzi

Monday, 2 March 2015, 09:57 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Some weeks are worse than others for this government. While, on the one hand, on the macro level the country is doing fine, and the assessments being made by the European Commission as well as...

Shaken

Monday, 2 March 2015, 07:52 Last update: about 12 years ago Marlene Farrugia

"If you don't behave, you'll also end up in the slammer."         Boris Nemtsov   I never got the squirts from Cafe Premier while it was...

Stop talking about hunters and start talking about birds

Sunday, 1 March 2015, 10:51 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I watched TVM news yesterday evening, a rare thing for me. The hunters had some kind of press event on. They were fronted by a cleverly-chosen Kathleen Grima, a young lawyer from Manuel Mallia’s...

Sucked into the vortex

Sunday, 1 March 2015, 10:50 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

The contagion is spreading and getting nearer and nearer. Slowly and inexorably, we are being sucked into the Libyan vortex. We have misplaced fears, amplified by the terrible ISIS propaganda videos...

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