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The MUT and the Catholic Schools

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 10:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

Let's say it straight. The MUT is at war with the Curia. First, it was at war with the Curia over the Religion curriculum. The question was not the curriculum per se, but because the Education...

The tip of the iceberg

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 08:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

At this stage I don’t believe there is anybody remotely sentient who does not see now that Manuel Mallia was an accident waiting to happen, whatever his or her political views. Some of us would...

The perfect bungle

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 08:34 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

It was botched by the government right from the start. The way it handled the shooting at a car by the driver of Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia was the perfect exercise in mismanagement of a...

Bormla and its Verdala Barracks

Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 10:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

Yesterday,December 8, the town of Bormla celebrated its annual feast, that of the Immaculate Conception. Beyond any religious meaning that this activity entails, the Church is the only institution in...

Framed pictures and frame-ups for Christmas

Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 10:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

The festive season decorations are now all over the place.Homes and streets are decorated with a wide selection of twinkling, runninglights in a variety of colours, sizesand patterns. Some streets are...

The banality of evil

Monday, 8 December 2014, 16:37 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

The title of this piece is not original. It is a phrase coined by the Jewish Philosopher Hannah Arendt.   Let me make it clear from the outset that I cannot boast of any formal...

The sexualisation of politics

Saturday, 6 December 2014, 08:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Rachel Borg

Comments made in public last week, by the Minister of Education and by Mr Mario Philip Azzopardi are shameful and harmful and both persons deserve to be removed from their post. When addressing a...

The bluffers’ Europe

Friday, 5 December 2014, 09:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Labour: the most feminist dorks in history. Week in, week out, they just have to prove it. This week it was Evarist Bartolo's turn. Wanting to insult the Nationalist Party, he drew a vulgar...

Liberal inclusivity in colonial Malta

Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 06:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

The term inclusivity is now a buzzword used by many in politics to appear progressive. It has certainly gained currency in Malta, as the perception is that Labour won on branding such a concept, to...

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