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BBC interview
I was listening to the excellent BBC World Service programme titled From Our Own Correspondents on May 10. It included one of their correspondents visiting Malta, as there were strong murmurings among European Union countries that Malta would be the...
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The reality of spring hunting
Being a hunter, I was present in the field for practically all hours allowed for hunting and, contrary to the alleged carnage and lawlessness, the following is what I witnessed: Police presence and that of the Armed Force of Malta was on the high...
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Copycats
After all the ‘blah, blah, blah’, it now seems that the PN’s new strategy is seeing what Labour has done, only to say they can do it better. What a discovery! It also seems that the once coarse men have now vanished.
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Free transport
Further to my letter about providing free transport during the rush hour, I feel it is important to add the following: The feedback received indicates that this is an excellent scheme but that it would involve some expense. However, the Government,...
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Right to live
I was very surprised reading Paul Chetcuti’s letter, Abortion – Only Those Who Love Understand. The issue on which he makes his plea is “society we can build a society which dares defend the weakest and most silent of its offspring, who have not as...
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Thank you and welcome
A very big thank you to Lawrence Gonzi for all that he did for Malta and its people, in spite of so many odds against him both externally and internally. He deserves much better! Also, a very big welcome to the new leader of the Nationalist Party,...
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Tax collection needs to be re-engineered
Balancing the government books has, for some time, been acknowledged as one of the top economic priorities for the country. The European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and also rating agencies look at our public finances on a regular...
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Here again we are different
We’ve been here before and I hate to have to again trot out the same arguments. These pundits (Lawrence Zammit et al) who, every time that the European Central Bank lowers its operational interest rates, write and speak as if they want to order the...
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All of us need ... a family
No matter who we are or where we may come from, we all have one thing in common and that is our roots in a family, whether this is one that lives together or disconnected for one reason or another. The word family carries with it a lot of weight...
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Let’s get down to business
Last Monday, I took the oath of office as Leader of the Opposition and yesterday I announced the Shadow Cabinet. As a parliamentary group we are now ready to get down to business. In my first address as Leader of the Opposition on Monday, I...
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Rebuilding of bridges
The metamorphosis of the Nationalist Party is well under way and has generated a wave of positive energy amongst activists, helpers and new faces drawn to the hub of activity that this process is creating. As I had predicted, Simon Busuttil has been...
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Regional disparities in Europe
From the southern coast of Sicily to the eastern borders of North Karelia in Finland, Europe is riddled with pockets of regional population and economic decline. Even our own capital city, Valletta, has been a victim of years of depopulation which...
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Alien ID cards
There were strong rumours a couple of weeks ago that an extension in the validity period of (A)lien ID cards was imminent. Thus, they were to be extended to November 2013 due to the farce that is e-Residency. Well, on May 8, I called at my bank,...
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What matters
There are people on the Labour side saying that Simon Busuttil was the one chosen as new leader of the PN simply because he belongs to the Gonzi clique. They seem to have forgotten that Joseph Muscat was appointed leader of the Labour Party because...
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Pirlo’s comments on Schembri
Apparently, Italy and Juventus playmaker Andrea Pirlo, or whoever wrote his autobiography (we all know that athletes’ biographies are written by ghost writers), dedicated three pages to André Schembri’s marking during the match played in Modena last...
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Editorial comments on hunting
How very appropriate, an editorial on May 6 that not only replicates the Birdlife Malta message on their pre-election poster of our political leaders depicted with a gun pointed at their heads but also parrots its every word. The editor’s...
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Political party leaders who were made in Europe
Is it just a coincidence that the leaders of both big parties served as members of the European Parliament before they ascended the parties’ thrones? I also find it remarkable that both of them headed to the European Parliament at the same time and...
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Risk of losing millions of EU funds
There is a sequel to the recent news from Brussels that Malta has become a laggard in the management of European Union funds. According to the Parliamentary Secretary for EU Presidency 2017 and EU Funds, Ian Borg, no fewer than 53 projects costing...
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Good and bad news from the courts
A recent decision of the Court regarding a case originally hailing from 1979 has both bad and good news for the citizens of this fair land. Should I start with the bad news or with the good news? Let me start from the very beginning as Mary Poppins...
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ENOUGH, NOW
A young biker lost his life on Saturday evening. I am a biker, as is my son, and it is in the nature of biking that when a brother or sister goes down, you feel it more keenly, and when your nearest and dearest are out on the road, each news report...
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