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Why wait for a ‘Maltese Macron’… when you can be one yourself?
In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese political situation...
In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese...
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A mountain about casual talk
Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always find their degree of punishment reduced by whoever is judge when the case is appealed?
Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always...
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Child denied abortion after uncle’s rape: it could also happen in Malta
But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply conservative country like Poland further exposes Malta’s international isolation
But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply...
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Mandatory voting, in Malta? But… WHY?!
I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist Bartolo – who, let’s face it, depend exclusively on ‘voter-participation in...
I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist...
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Where do we draw the line at cancel culture?
Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can get out of control to...
Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can...
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Enough of the green light and more red cards please
For once, the world of sports – the kind that is gaining a spine and a...
For once, the world of sports – the kind that is...
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There is nothing ‘sustainable’ about Maltese hunting
Does this exhibition actually explain to students, for instance, that Malta is...
Does this exhibition actually explain to students, for...
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Who came up with those new ‘cannabis rules’, anyway? Cheech and Chong?
How, then, are these people ever going to be eased out of the illegal situation that they find themselves in today… and finally brought in line with the...
How, then, are these people ever going to be eased out of...
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Jailhouse rock: calls for Camilleri resignation more than justified
The legal process ignores completely the feelings and emotions of relatives and...
The legal process ignores completely the feelings and...
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Who is parenting whom?
I am of the belief that the way children are being raised matters, but it also has to be in conjunction with the way the nation is being governed
I am of the belief that the way children are being raised...
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Waiting for justice
Everyone in public service should be held accountable – even the judiciary – and the Bench should be part of a more open, public debate about the...
Everyone in public service should be held accountable...
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You can’t have a ‘best year for Malta’s film industry’… without a Maltese film industry
I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s idea of ‘the best year for Malta’s film’; I’d hate to hear his pitch for an...
I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s...
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Fake news, hard facts and muddled opinions
Metsola’s finest hour
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Bedknobs and broomsticks
No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never see the light of day. A lot of domestic strife is never exposed. If only bedknobs and broomsticks...
No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never...
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PQs – no mere waste of time!
Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on the governing side and the Opposition an opportunity to go into details which otherwise would have...
Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on...
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It’s not just the Gozo airport that’s ‘destined to fail’…
So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth attempt to...
So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth...
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The never-ending saga of the big fish and the small fry
The nation keeps being shell-shocked by these horrific deaths, but worse still...
The nation keeps being shell-shocked by these horrific...
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We can do something about our leniency on excess
The most unbearable moment in one’s life is to be awoken in the middle of...
The most unbearable moment in one’s life is to be...
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Matteo Messina Denaro: end of an era, but not the end of the Cosa Nostra
Denaro’s arrest could well produce a power vacuum that throws the Cosa Nostra into crisis – but this is not the end of the mafia
Denaro’s arrest could well produce a power vacuum...