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Public land: private profits

Sunday, 22 December 2019, 10:23 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

634 jf   Public Land: private profits Carmel Cacopardo   The taking up of public land by catering establishments to extend their commercial activity beyond the...

Ma per carità

Sunday, 22 December 2019, 10:11 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

As I sit at my desk trying to keep up with what has been going on in court and attempting (sometimes, without much success) to make sense of it, I find myself wondering in disbelief, asking: Who do...

Why the hell do I do this?

Sunday, 22 December 2019, 09:59 Last update: about 5 years ago Victor Calleja

I consider myself a calm, reasonable, timid, doddering old man: even a bit of a coward. I hate confrontation and I detest making a scene.  So what was I doing, sitting in the middle of the road...

That Was The Week That Was (*)

Sunday, 22 December 2019, 09:50 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

When we will look back on the Christmas of 2019 we will remember not just the festive season that was ruined for all but mainly the crumbling of the Joseph Muscat regime. The week that ended...

More legal reforms in the justice sector

Friday, 20 December 2019, 09:01 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

We are not only delivering on our promises, but we are also continuously implementing reforms befitting all sectors falling under the remit of the Ministry I am responsible for, and also those who...

Magisterial inquiries

Thursday, 19 December 2019, 08:57 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

The manner by which magisterial inquiries have become “fashionable” seems to me to be the most powerful indicator regarding how governance of the country has been weakened. I am less than...

Political situation in Malta: We are at a delicate juncture

Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 07:40 Last update: about 5 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Last Thursday the Faculty for Social Wellbeing spearheaded an Open Dialogue.  The objective of such a forum was to offer a space ‘not controlled’ by a panel or keynote speeches. ...

An election gives a good signal

Monday, 16 December 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

That an election is being held to choose a new Labour leader gives the right signal – so I believe. The ongoing process demonstrates that there is an active interest to fill this position...

The legacy

Sunday, 15 December 2019, 10:58 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Having precipitated his own political demise, what will Joseph Muscat bequeath to the Nation? We have Missier l-IIsien Malti, Missier Malta Indipendenti, Missier Malta Ħielsa, Missier Malta...

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