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Camouflaging labour laws irregularities

Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 08:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

Please bear with me, but I am compelled to write again on an issue which, for some reason, I cannot figure why, is taking too long to be ironed out by the Department of Contracts once and for...

The selected few

Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 08:36 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

In its Sunday edition, The Malta Independent published George Farrugia's statementa bout his wife and her acquaintance with the former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi. In this interview, Farrugia...

The most feminist government

Monday, 16 February 2015, 09:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Marlene Farrugia

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, she doesn't have what it takes. They will say, women don't have what it takes. I myself have never been...

Is football in Malta grinding to a halt?

Monday, 16 February 2015, 07:55 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The rumble of drums.  The clattering of feet.  The screaming, the clapping, the fervour, the passion.  The waving of flags.  The benjamini clad in colours!  No,...

Negative messages for girls

Sunday, 15 February 2015, 11:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Claudine Cassar, who set up and still runs one of Malta’s largest website building operations, spoke at a Microsoft seminar a few days ago about the negative messages being given to girls where...

The reform party

Saturday, 14 February 2015, 09:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

Today we celebrate Valentine's day.  A day for commitments, desires and love.  Political parties are hardly our dream lover but I wonder if it’s time to see if we have fallen out of...

What Labour really thinks of people

Friday, 13 February 2015, 07:48 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Give a man some power and you’ll find out what he’s really like. Never mind all the sweet talk that came before. The recent court ruling in favour of two additional parliamentary seats for...

The qualities for a new bishop

Friday, 13 February 2015, 07:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Last Tuesday, the Catholic Church in Malta celebrated the feast of St. Paul’s shipwreck in Malta. What few realize is that it only  became a national feast day in the nineteenth century. It...

Notebook

Thursday, 12 February 2015, 08:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

(1)        Transport Minister Joe Mizzi has said that there might be a garden in the ditch (if he finds the money, presumably from the €6 million carnival...

Who cares, let them belt a couple of drinks

Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 08:02 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

For some strange reason ‘alcohol stories’ in the media don’t seem to hold water.  It might be that the fact that we subsist in a society that is always busy organizing...

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