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The hymn of ‘the sweet mother who bore us’

Melvic Zammit

In the shadow of the ‘language question’, Dun Karm deliberately wrote the anthem without a single word of foreign origin, to show that Maltese did not need to borrow...

Violent adolescents: We need level heads, not knee-jerk reactions

Josanne Cassar

We need to take a long hard look at what is happening around us, including the erosion of respect towards authority figures such as teachers, who can testify to the increased...

Those relished and cursed public opinion polls

Mark Said

If a public opinion poll about polls were to be taken, odds are that a majority...

If a public opinion poll about polls were to be taken, odds...

Michael Falzon

To his supporters – and I am one of them – Julian Assange is a valiant campaigner for truth

To his supporters – and I am one of them –...

Saviour Balzan

If there is one big white elephant in the room that continues to evade any mention in the Labour inner circle it has got to be the one and only Joseph Muscat

If there is one big white elephant in the room that...

Mark Said

Greed can be harnessed to serve social ends. It can spur entrepreneurial innovation, leading to broad prosperity. It is society that channels greed for such...

Greed can be harnessed to serve social ends. It can spur...

Carmen Sammut

hey surely cannot substitute meaningful political engagement where candidates touch the heart of where we live by giving value to face-to-face engagement...

hey surely cannot substitute meaningful political...

Michael Falzon

The truth is, moreover, that it is this increase in Malta’s debt that is leading to Malta’s economic well-being

The truth is, moreover, that it is this increase in...

Saviour Balzan

If the Prime Minister really means what he says, he should make it a point to direct his ministers to take certain steps. One of which is to set standards. One...

If the Prime Minister really means what he says, he should...

Unborn children deserve compassion | Tony Mifsud

This is not politics. This is business. The place for business is not in...

This is not politics. This is business. The place for...

Malta’s harm reduction hiccups: A love story in the making | Karen Mamo

Most importantly, the renewed ethos of promoting a safer dance culture in Malta is slowly, but surely creating a positive momentum in advancing the human...

Most importantly, the renewed ethos of promoting a safer...

From heartache to happiness: our journey through adoption

Mark Camilleri Gambin

Adoption is one of those instances where your decision has a massive impact on...

Adoption is one of those instances where your decision has...

Tell it to the marines | Frank Camilleri

For Chris Fearne to plead innocence of facts especially in his position, first as parliamentary secretary for health at the time of the Vitals concession award...

For Chris Fearne to plead innocence of facts especially in...

Michael Falzon

Whoever is responsible for this gaffe must be ferreted out. It must be someone who is such a stupid person that they should have never been nominated as an...

Whoever is responsible for this gaffe must be ferreted out....

New definition of irony: Robert Abela complaining about ‘cushy jobs’

Raphael Vassallo

“We made mistakes, of course we did. But one thing I feel no remorse about, is that: if you were to ask me whether, in these past months, [my government]...

“We made mistakes, of course we did. But one thing I...

The people have spoken, but it’s being lost in translation

Josanne Cassar

The MEP elections were a cold shower for a complacent, arrogant administration...

The MEP elections were a cold shower for a complacent,...

Saviour Balzan

The Labour Party needs to accept the fact that it could lose the next election because of its wrong attitude and arrogance

The Labour Party needs to accept the fact that it could...

Mark Said

Until satisfactory answers are found to those questions, the PN risks continuing to wait for Godot, living without a sense of meaning, value or truth, and...

Until satisfactory answers are found to those questions,...

Alexiei Dingli

Over the past decade, a significant shift has occurred. The Web's initial ethos of decentralisation and empowerment has been overshadowed by...

Over the past decade, a significant shift has occurred. The...

Michael Falzon

Someone is bullying Malta to refrain from doing what everybody in Malta agrees upon. I ‘suspect’ it must be Uncle Sam

Someone is bullying Malta to refrain from doing what...