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Clyde Puli’s big challenge

Monday, 11 December 2017, 10:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Frank Psaila

Clyde Puli, the new secretary general of the Nationalist Party is a sociologist. Never has his background been more useful.  The Qormi-based politician happens to be at the right place at the...

400 contractors, 316 square kilometres

Monday, 11 December 2017, 08:04 Last update: about 10 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

A pressing issue on the Maltese Islands is the environment. Not just the countryside but also the urban environment. The real small dimensions of the islands coupled with the illusion of increased...

Christmas

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 10:04 Last update: about 10 years ago

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Earning the nation's trust

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 08:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

It seems surreal that while all facts and figures repeatedly prove the country's continuous wellbeing on all fronts, some are stubbornly stuck in their attempts to dig further into issues to create...

Invest in what is already working

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 07:59 Last update: about 10 years ago

Heavy investment in electric cars and their infrastructure is a laudable and promising project, yet only 180 electric cars had been registered by the third quarter of this year. There are far, far...

The Christmas way

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 07:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

I note certain people and families who are focused only on their needs and on their children. I picture them forming a closed circle and looking inwards. They work hard to satisfy their basic needs....

The post-rational man (and woman)

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 07:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Michael Asciak

In our categorising of human political, economic and philosophical thought we often tend to use terms such as analytical and then post-analytical thought, modern and then post-modern thought. Now I...

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