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TMIS Editorial: Stranded at sea? Bah humbug!

Sunday, 30 December 2018, 11:30 Last update: about 9 years ago

What a complete lack of Yuletide spirit the government has shown towards its fellow man over the last week by flatly refusing to take in two separate groups of migrants rescued on the high...

Women’s Year?

Sunday, 30 December 2018, 09:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

As the end of the year approaches, some friends have asked me why I keep writing, in this idealist-like fashion, and whether one of my New Year’s Resolutions will be to stop. When all is said...

PD moving forward and in retrospect

Sunday, 30 December 2018, 09:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Timothy Alden

The election of Partit Demokratiku to Parliament is an unprecedented milestone in post-Independence Malta. The past year has seen the fruits of that change manifest across the political landscape in...

A beginning is a continuation

Sunday, 30 December 2018, 09:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

Many people say that the end of the year is also a beginning, but for me it is a continuation, a time to reflect and recharge the necessary energies for what lies ahead. In my books, continuity...

The millennial herd instinct

Sunday, 30 December 2018, 08:39 Last update: about 9 years ago

My butcher recently turned up with half my order since 50 per cent of what I had originally wanted was sold out. When I politely told him that I had called him and messaged my shopping list in the...

O Admirabile Commercium

Sunday, 30 December 2018, 08:37 Last update: about 9 years ago

Days before Christmas, I was graced by a retreat led by the Maltese Society of Patristics which I gladly attended. In the input, fluently given by Rev. Prof. Hector Scerri, I was struck by the...

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