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TMIS Editorial: It’s October, so please think pink

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 09:42 Last update: about 9 years ago

It’s October, which means people and places everywhere are ‘going pink’ for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also time for one of this newspaper’s two annual calls for...

Success leads to more work

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 08:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

This week, the potential for tourism in Gozo has been reconfirmed with our inclusion in the 'World's 100 sustainable destinations for 2017'. This recognition gives further impetus to our efforts to...

Sandro Chetcuti's false dilemma

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Colette Sciberras

Sandro Chetcuti needs to decide whether he wants a kick in the groin or a punch to the nose. Obviously, I'm not actually threatening to physically assault Chetcuti. The reason for my opening...

Giuliani, Borsellino and Falcone

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 07:29 Last update: about 9 years ago

All three took up arms against the Mafia. Giuliani succeeded because he had the backing of sound institutions which were not infiltrated by the Mafia. Borsellino and Falcone suffered...

Sterling work by Mission Fund

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 07:26 Last update: about 9 years ago

I would like to thank the Mission Fund for its generous donation of €4000 to help poor families on the outskirts of Tirana and in several villages within the territory of our archdiocese. These...

Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 07:19 Last update: about 9 years ago

Recently, there was some bad publicity in the media about the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). It is not my intention to go into the merits of the case. Unfortunately, as happens in such cases, the...

The blossoming of hope

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 07:16 Last update: about 9 years ago

The inspirational pastoral letter  the Bishop of Gozo Mario Grech wrote on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven is, in itself, an important milestone "in the...

A politician's top priority

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 07:10 Last update: about 9 years ago

Parliament will convene tomorrow after a long hot summer holiday. This time round, our Members of Parliament will meet and make a solemn pledge to the Maltese electorate that in their endeavours to...

39 instead of 69?

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 07:08 Last update: about 9 years ago

George Orwell once wrote: "In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics." All issues are political issues and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and...

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