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Straight from the horse’s mouth

Friday, 6 November 2015, 09:15 Last update: about 12 years ago

Remember the uproar, the protests, the vociferous opposition when Renzo Piano proposed to restore the ruins of the Royal Operas House with a roofless theatre? Remember the wall to wall opposition...

Political accountability: Michael Falzon must resign

Thursday, 5 November 2015, 09:25 Last update: about 12 years ago

There are no more ifs, ands or buts, no more delaying as inquiries drag on (or are made to drag on) ad infinitum: Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon must do the right thing and step down of his...

The unfortunate but inevitable outcome

Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 09:33 Last update: about 12 years ago

No country sees a good man go without a heavy heart and Malta being smaller than most countries is even more dependent on each and every citizen. Dr Joe Cassar, who yesterday bowed to the...

If not by law, the burqa must be removed by popular fear

Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

There is no doubt that for the Maltese in general, as well as for many peoples in Europe, the insistence by Muslim persons, women especially, to wear the traditional Muslim headgear, the burqa, is a...

Stormy day for former minister

Monday, 2 November 2015, 09:30 Last update: about 12 years ago

Joe Cassar, a successful psychiatrist in private practice and former parliamentary secretary and later Minister for Health in the Gonzi administration was the only one out of that Cabinet who voted...

Parliament: Estimates done, now onto the agenda

Saturday, 31 October 2015, 16:42 Last update: about 12 years ago

And so, it’s done and dusted. Two and a half weeks after Finance Minister Edward Scicluna delivered the Budget Speech for 2016, the estimates for 15 minutes have been debated and now all that is...

Cancer: The great wake-up call

Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 12:21 Last update: about 12 years ago

On Monday, the World Health Organisation dropped an atomic bomb in terms of publishing a report which found that processed meat and even red meat is carcinogenic to humans. Worse still, it said...

The National interest

Friday, 28 December 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Elections in Malta have always been a close-run affair....

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