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From words to action

Sunday, 15 January 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

Despite years of talk on standards in the elderly and disability sectors, it was only during this legislature that public consultation processes were launched and swift action taken. When I was...

Of treachery and betrayal

Sunday, 15 January 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Recently, Malta was witness to at least three events within the space of a few weeks which have shaken the fundamentals of trust that the Maltese people may have had in the EU and its institutions....

The three pearls

Sunday, 15 January 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

My life experience constantly teaches me that love is what gives life its very meaning. In a conversation I had with a person who is suffering from a life threatening disease, I was reminded of...

Portrait of a leader

Sunday, 15 January 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

On 20 January, the political side of my brain will heave a sigh of sorrow when Barack Obama departs from the White House. Over the last eight years, Mr Obama gave hope and stability to the world......

PN in a pitiful state

Sunday, 15 January 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

When one considers the fact that both Alternattiva Demokratika and Marlene Farrugia’s Partit Demokratiku refused Salvu Mallia’s conditions to contest the election on their party ticket,...

Editorial: Romulus’ anti-establishment prologue

Saturday, 14 January 2017, 10:32 Last update: about 11 years ago

If 2016 was the year the world, as we know it, turned on its head, nothing indicates that 2017 will be any different.  Even tiny Malta, now entrusted with the leadership of the largest...

Editorial: The world is now in real danger

Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:50 Last update: about 11 years ago

It is not just that what up till yesterday were certainties have now become doubts. Maybe without our realizing what is happening, the world we were brought up in has changed, is changing, and we...

The government no giveth, the government taketh

Thursday, 12 January 2017, 10:17 Last update: about 11 years ago

There have been some recent media reports which complained about the delays by the wider government service (that is, including the various agencies, etc) in giving back to the citizens what is due to...

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