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Dalli, right and wrong

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

I watched John Dalli on Dissett and like many, I could not help but reflect on the irony of it all.   Here was the man who had been minister for health, now consultant to this new...

Malta’s got Talent

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

No, we won’t be having our own version of Simon Cowell’s popular series. Not that we don’t have that kind of talent. Indeed, we have. I am talking about the “talent”...

When a sales pitch backfires

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Reuben Sciberras

During last week’s Parliamentary debate on the financial estimates of the Office of the Prime Minister for 2013, the Prime Minister was quoted as saying: “People have realised that we are...

The danger of one-size-fits-all politics

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Jonathan Shaw

Work, Seriousness, Identity. Together, these three words clearly represent the Nationalist Party. The party, which in the course of its history generated work and established a benchmark of...

Smells in Marsascala

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the letter from Mr David Pace (Smells in Marsascala, TMIS 17 November). While I thank him for his interest, I would like to clear some points for the benefit of your readers.   I...

No to passport of convenience

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The statement by Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech on 15 November that the names of individuals granted Maltese citizenship by the Individual Investor Programme will be published, has allayed the...

Unity in diversity: Malta and the EU

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Lino Bianco

The speech by European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht at the 2013 Strategic Export Control Conference held in Brussels in June, entitled Unity in Diversity: finding the right balance between...

Purposely confusing identity with citizenship

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In his desperate attempt to divert attention from the best budget the Maltese people have seen in ages, considering that this is the first budget of the new administration – because the 2013...

The call to holiness

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Aside from various thorny issues which dominate public opinion, the gift of time is presently offering us a particular opportunity on which we can pause, reflect and draw that badly needed existential...

Is justice blind?

Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The idea of justice is often associated with the image of the ancient goddess Justicia, who is depicted as a blindfolded woman carrying a sword and holding a pair of scales. We also use expressions...

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