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Labour's vision for future generations

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 09:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

Leading a country is not about this coming election, or the next one, it’s about the next generation. A politician thinks of the next election. A real statesman and his team plan for the...

At a crossroads

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 09:23 Last update: about 10 years ago Sam Abela

Elections are, by their own definition and nature, times for decision and judgements. It is the day, or period, when democracy reigns supreme and the people are asked to choose those who they think...

The tribe that lost its head

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 09:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Michael Asciak

The events of the last two weeks have been like a rollercoaster ride beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. From the calm and serenity of Easter week to the jaw-dropping revelation that allegedly...

What the hell do you have to lose?

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 09:14 Last update: about 10 years ago

What? You must be joking! Waste my precious electoral vote on them! Tahraqnix Man!   I wasn’t going around Republic Street conducting my own private opinion poll and perhaps risk...

The (moral) health of the nation

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 09:13 Last update: about 10 years ago

Anthony Zarb Dimech   Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts –...

Is the Planning Authority a failed institution?

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 09:12 Last update: about 10 years ago

We are hearing lots of words about failed institutions and it is important that the common citizen worries about this situation. Even a good Christian should use the following yardstick to see whether...

Mother's Day

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 08:57 Last update: about 10 years ago

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Joseph Muscat throws down the gauntlet

Saturday, 6 May 2017, 13:43 Last update: about 10 years ago Ian Borg

The whistle has been blown. Malta will be going to the polls on 3 June. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has decided to throw down the gauntlet to Opposition leader Simon Busuttil in what will be one...

Obscene Muscatocracy ousts meritocracy

Friday, 5 May 2017, 16:42 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Mangion

The worst thing that happened to Joseph Muscat, the Labour Party and, unfortunately, to Malta, was that Labour won the 2013 election with an overwhelming majority of 35,107 votes. This result went to...

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