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Ched Evans from Ta’ Qali to the gallows, ‘with love’

Sunday, 4 January 2015, 13:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This country of ours is a riddle. I just can’t get around to understand what ticks in our collective deliberation.  One jiffy we are flooding telethon after telethon with cash,...

A sad and sobering thought for 2015

Sunday, 4 January 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charles Flores

People who, like me, have had ink in their blood since they were born and have grown up reading, writing and loving newspapers, know only too well that the print media has been on a nosedive for the...

No room at the Inn

Saturday, 3 January 2015, 14:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Rachel Borg

This Malta Community Chest Fund has become somewhat of a Cash for Citizens Scheme to compete with the Cash for Passports Scheme, when we go to Midnight Mass at St. John's co-Cathedral and get turned...

The three wise women

Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 17:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

  So 2014 is practically over and done with.    Evaluations and round-ups being done. Auld Lang Syne soon cheered.  Countdown before long completed....

Midnight Mass, APS Concert and St. John’s Co-Cathedral

Monday, 29 December 2014, 11:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

One might ask what is the common feature between Midnight Mass and the APS Annual Concert. The answer is in the title itself: St. John's Co-Cathedral. Unfortunately, the connection is not...

Always stand up to police abuse

Sunday, 28 December 2014, 11:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The police are back in the news with yet another story about blatant abuse on several counts. The way the victim - Karl Baldacchino - has reported matters to the newspapers (and to the police...

The people have spoken, again

Sunday, 28 December 2014, 09:42 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

The short straw this Christmas went to, against some predictions, to… Simon Busuttil. And it was delivered by none other than this very same paper last Sunday. I defend its conclusions not...

L-Istrina and the Welfare Society

Friday, 26 December 2014, 12:37 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

The President's activity of L-Istrina is in full swing and I have no doubt about the generosity of the Maltese nation. Malta has matured and refuses to confuse legitimate criticism with ridiculous...

The untold story about our republic

Tuesday, 23 December 2014, 08:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

Today, the history of the Republic is being portrayed as a glorious event and those who opposed or voted against it are politically describedas traitors. However, very few know that the Republican...

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