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The Great Siege study day

Monday, 11 January 2016, 15:14 Last update: about 12 years ago

At the end of the year that commemorated the 450th anniversary of the Great Siege, it was fitting that someone could come up with a study day to point out what has emerged recently on such a...

Simon Busuttil’s undone shoelace

Monday, 11 January 2016, 08:26 Last update: about 12 years ago

Dr Etienne Grech, Family Doctor  and Labour MP. Whenever the Leader of the Opposition lambasts the health sector, he somehow always manages to look like a wayward child running around with...

The UN

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 14:33 Last update: about 12 years ago

I think that the UN could improve its control on member states much more. Instead of issuing a warning to a country, it should issue a warning to the Head of State, or the Prime Minister or the...

What next for the Mdina Biennale?

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 10:26 Last update: about 12 years ago Nikki Petroni

Last Thursday, 7 January, was the final day of the Mdina Biennale. After two challenging yet exciting years, the 2015/16 edition of the event came to an end, which incited myself and the rest of the...

Sustaining economic growth in Gozo

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 10:24 Last update: about 12 years ago Anton Refalo

As we welcome the New Year, we would do well to look at our achievements in recent months and start thinking of how to sustain what is good and how to improve matters that could have been done...

Passport Scheme: A Gateway to Europe

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Ernest Mercieca

Almost two years ago, Malta might have lost its dignity or was on the verge of losing it. This was all about the controversy surrounding the selling of Maltese citizenship to people with strong...

Learning and training – key tools for serving

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 09:49 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

The training and re-training of all the staff involved in the care of the elderly has been a major task on my agenda since taking office. I constantly insist that the services provided must be of the...

There’s a rat in the kitchen

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 09:45 Last update: about 12 years ago

One couldn’t help immediately smelling a rat in the New Year’s televised kitchen drama. It was strikingly artificial, insincere and certainly undignified for an address to the nation by a...

The Holy Door and Christianity

Sunday, 10 January 2016, 09:32 Last update: about 12 years ago

In his letter entitled The proliferation of cribs (TMIS 20/12/15), Mr Guillaumier found pleasure in demeaning the status of the crib as an irrelevant myth and also expressed his disdain at seeing...

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