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Thursday, 26 February 2015, 07:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

We are about to see illustrated the reason why somebody as politically committed and with the personality of Wenzu Mintoff should not have been made a judge. The Ombudsman has long been involved in a...

Swiss cheese

Thursday, 26 February 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Michael Falzon and Ninu Zammit, retired for some years from politics, are back in the news for the wrong reasons. Tax evasion and false declarations. They have tried to give some explanations....

Blame it all on Austin

Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 13:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

I was going to say that it was surprising that the Prime Minister’s initial reaction to the story carried in The Malta Independent on Sunday on Swiss Leaks was to defend Michael Falzon and Ninu...

Replenishing our voluntary sector

Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

With the expeditious changes that are affecting and transforming our society, it is becoming increasingly complex to manage our communities and consequently the impact is that some may fall by the...

Conducting healthy industrial relations

Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 08:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

Conducting healthy industrial relations at the place of work is a must to ensure higher levels of workers’ job satisfaction and improved workers’ motivation and therefore higher output....

The PN and the hidden Swiss accounts

Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

The investigation carried out by the Malta Independent on Sunday about the hidden Swiss accounts of some of our politicians was a political shock. There is no doubt that many of us believe that...

Adjusting the sails

Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

'The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.’  William Arthur Ward   Libyan families are terrified,...

The enemy at the door

Saturday, 21 February 2015, 08:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Rachel Borg

There is no other greater threat at the moment to peace and prosperity than the Islamic State fanatics at our heels.  Whilst the Finance Ministers of the European Union stick to their paper...

Fifty shades of PBS

Friday, 20 February 2015, 09:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

The Islamic State is on Malta’s doorstep and international media report that they are on the brink launching a full-scale attack against Europe, and yet the Public Broadcasting Station’s...

Unmasking vice

Friday, 20 February 2015, 08:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The Pet Shop Boys put it succinctly in the title of their number 1 hit, "It's a sin". But one of Italy's best comedians, Giorgio Panariello, said it at greater length and in a much funnier...

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