Cassola is often right about many of his arguments, but if he presents them in his infantile gripe-a-day manner in the form of Facebook posts... how can he expect to retain any...
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The National Writers' Congress: Our strategy
We hope to be much more advanced thanks to the achievements of the Congress,...
We hope to be much more advanced thanks to the achievements...
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The reliance on the visual rather than the written is a...
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As foreigners continue to be spoken of in disparaging...
Getting all excited about unconfirmed press reports again, are we?
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But let’s not get too lost in speculation. In what...
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This is a case where heads must roll. Assurances issued...
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If – with hindsight – Helena Dalli...
Why go to all this trouble to sabotage a peaceful protest?
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When you go to such lengths to try and diminish a protest,...
It IS about politics; it always is
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In the world of social networks and the tangled web of...
Time for parties to rein in their thugs
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Andrea Camilleri: Much more than Montalbano
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I would like to pay my respects by repeating what author...
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The cheek of the DB Group knows no boundaries. Of course,...
Cutting down trees to widen roads is not just wrong. It is evil
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And our government’s policy holds that the economy...
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Suddenly, we are half a million!
The question now is whether Malta intends to press the brake at some point, or better still, whether our territory should be loaded with a bigger population...
The question now is whether Malta intends to press the...
Them foreign hordes
The Maltese remain a pragmatic society which understands its livelihood, and quality of life is intrinsically dependent on the thousands of foreign workers
The Maltese remain a pragmatic society which understands...
That’s some legacy you’re leaving behind, Ian
You are not allowed to contradict [Ian Borg] on the Central Link Project, which...
You are not allowed to contradict [Ian Borg] on the Central...
Checking Malta’s powerful Prime Minister through constitutional reforms
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As a neutral political figurehead, President George Vella...
Slow drivers don’t cause accidents, over-speeding does
Contrary to the claims of the people commenting on the above-mentioned...
Contrary to the claims of the people commenting on the...
To lecture us about democracy, you have to be democratic…
Rob democracy of the fundamental principle of opposition, and what remains...
Rob democracy of the fundamental principle of opposition,...
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