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Stop using public money to favour party loyalists

Friday, 7 December 2018, 09:28 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

In his vlog today, Nationalist Party candidate for the European Parliament election Peter Agius tells the government to stop using public money to favour Labour sopporters....

ARB: the setting up of a new structure

Friday, 7 December 2018, 07:35 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

One of the most delicate aspects of the justice reform was without doubt the setting up of the Assets Recovery Bureau (ARB). The setting up of the fully functioning ARB is not only needed for the...

Brake on tourism

Thursday, 6 December 2018, 07:29 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

We get told that a brake on tourism growth has become necessary since we’re reaching a stage where the capacity of the island to cope with the demands that this sector makes on the social and...

You need to rock the boat

Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 10:31 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

These last weeks we are celebrating our students’ achievements, best represented in their graduation.  Almost 320 students graduated at Diploma, Bachelor, post-grad certification, Masters...

NAO report is government’s certificate for corruption

Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 12:10 Last update: about 6 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech says that the Auditor General's report on the Electrogas power station deal condemns the government in the way it operated to award the contract to Electrogas....

Who is ready to do what it takes?

Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 07:56 Last update: about 6 years ago Camilla Appelgren

Emergency cleanup on a Saturday by the Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change was indeed something that caught my eye when reading the news last weekend. It is...

Water and energy bills

Monday, 3 December 2018, 11:31 Last update: about 6 years ago Michael Briguglio

Nationalist candidate for the European Parliament Michael Briguglio has written to various entities to complain about water and energy bills which are higher than they are supposed to be....

The taxes we pay

Monday, 3 December 2018, 07:38 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

One way to assess how big the drag of taxes can be in a country’s economy is by considering the space that they “take”: namely, their volume as a proportion of the Gross Domestic...

Cospicua’s Beer and First World War German Prisoners

Monday, 3 December 2018, 07:37 Last update: about 6 years ago Simon Mercieca

This week, Cospicua will be  celebrating  the annual feast of the Immaculate Conception and many will be participating in the colourful traditions of this town’s history.  On...

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