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Physical activity in Ramadan
The number of practising Muslims in Malta is ever on the increase and this has led to a new challenge that, until now, we only infrequently encountered, namely, how Muslims tackle physical activity during Ramadan. This year Ramadan falls bang in the...
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Mistaken identity
I am accruing enemies left, right and centre because of mistaken identity with another (at least one, but possibly more) contributors to this newspaper’s online website signing Joseph Aquilina. Indeed, this is resulting in damage to my good name and...
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Baggage claim long overdue
I travelled to Malta with my husband in October last year to visit dear friends in Sliema, as we have been doing for the last three years since they emigrated there. We returned to the UK on October 30 with our usual airline, Air Malta. On arrival...
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Need for larger prison
It is amazing that none of the political parties ever mentioned, in their electoral manifestos, the construction of a prison much larger than the one we have at present. Millions of euros are spent yearly on projects that are hardly as vital as a...
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Robbing the dead
Through life, one encounters, on many an occasion, certain shameful acts but my recent experience surpasses all others. My dear mother passed away this week and was laid to rest in the family grave at the Addolorata Cemetery. This experience is...
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Fabulous Għanafest
Congratulations to all who contributed to this year’s Għanafest. The programme of the event was fabulous, as was the atmosphere and the location. The whole three nights of music was a terrific celebration of a variety of musical styles from Maltese...
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Cost of health service
I would like to make some general comments on our health service based on my experience as one of its former departmental chairmen and also as a former management board director of a British Healthcare Trust, which was one of three pilot sites...
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Let’s block child porn online
It is indeed staggering that despite the consensus against child abuse, so little is done by all those involved in the internet industry to block this abuse, sometimes called child porn, online. We all know that some governments can block...
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The President’s example
Quite a number of articles have been written about the controversy surrounding the President and the Malta Community Chest Fund. Considering how the Maltese hold the fund to heart, and how generously we contribute when we are asked to help, this...
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Will the PN bounce back?
Last week saw a string of important if not crucial developments within the Nationalist Party. Following the elections of leader, deputy leaders and president of the General Council, the team was completed with the election of the other officials.
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De or la: what’s in a name?
I was looking through the video taken of the concert of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment which was held on January 17 at St John’s Co- Cathedral as part of the Valletta International Baroque Festival. It is almost finished; just a few...
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PN’s first hundred days
It has now been three months, and counting, from the March 9 general election. Undoubtedly this relatively short period of time has left an indelible mark on the story of the Nationalist Party as it sought and still continues to seek to digest the...
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Serves them right
The revelations about the Nationalist Party defeat came as no surprise because the exercise was a recounting of what had been going on since 2008. But since this is now public, my 10 points go to Austin Gatt who was singled out for his...
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When justice is delayed
I refer to the editorial When Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied and Peter Docoutros’ letter of May 22. There is no doubt that the shareholders of the National Bank of Malta are being denied justice. Their court case has been going on for well over...
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What makes publicity
A 15-foot billboard has been erected at Luxol football ground. I am referring to Vodafone’s No Bulls**t advert. It is quite obvious what it is supposed to say. Although we cannot protect our children from the language they hear, we need to at least...
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Matters of conscience
In 1956, Soviet tanks rolled into Hungary and suppressed, after much bloodshed, the legitimate calls for freedom of the Hungarians. This action shocked and saddened the free world but more so the members of communist parties all over Europe who had,...
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Lawlessness in Wild West Sliema
Most readers will not care about the horrendous increase in lawlessness in Sliema. Bars are allowed to disturb neighbours till all hours and the refurbished lidos play music at loud volumes without check. The degree of lawlessness allowed in Sliema...
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The case of Franco Mercieca
There is only one issue at stake in the Franco Mercieca case: has he been breaching the special waiver from the ministerial code of ethics granted to him by the Prime Minister (which is in itself controversial) by carrying out corrective eye laser...
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A new boost for maritime trade
A plan to give out the site of a former shipbuilding yard at Marsa for development as a maritime hub fits perfectly well with the work that has been going on for some years to revive maritime trade. It is also important in the context of the Grand...
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Mercy needs a better quality
The quality of mercy is not strained. Yet it is not always easily understood or accepted to be in the right proportions. It is also different from, and not as absolute as, forgiveness. If it blesses him that gives and him that takes, if the giver...
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