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Crowding the court

Wednesday, 28 September 2016, 09:07 Last update: about 11 years ago

It is perhaps a sign of the times. The largest Cabinet in Maltese history has so many members that on a normal day they hardly find anything to do. So once they heard that a Court of Appeal was...

A closer look at the Paceville 2020 vision

Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

Imagine a forest of glassy high-rise towers sprouting out of designer pedestrian plazas and sprawling seaside promenades, and beneath it all, a state of the art transport network. That could be...

Delayed information is equivalent to denied information

Monday, 26 September 2016, 09:57 Last update: about 11 years ago

Our summer, now thankfully over, is a long summer, and our parliamentary summer is even longer. Parliament is due to resume after the Summer Recess today fortnight. It will maybe be at that time...

Is silence the only choice?

Sunday, 25 September 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

Malta celebrated the 52nd anniversary of Independence this week. The turnout was much bigger than expected – a very clear and clamorous sign by the people to the government that they are...

CITES, South Africa, and psychedelic rock

Sunday, 25 September 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Karmenu Vella

I'm off to South Africa this week, to an international conference on wildlife trade. I'll be joining more than 2000 participants at the 17th CITES Conference of the Parties. CITES is an agreement that...

Thanking the Mission Fund

Sunday, 25 September 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Mission Fund for its kind and generous donation of €2,000. Without such generosity it would be difficult to run our home for the sick and the...

Education fights poverty

Sunday, 25 September 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Education is the power that will eradicate poverty, hunger and disease in Africa. Inspired by this idea we, the missionaries working in Malindi, Kenya are doing our best to build schools and pay...

Social justice builds the nation’s prosperity

Sunday, 25 September 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

Independence Day could not be celebrated any better than by the Prime Minister announcing yet another $100 million foreign investment and the creation of 300 new quality jobs. National feasts and...

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