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A budget that caters for all sectors

Friday, 2 November 2018, 09:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

Our country is going through an economical success as a result of this Government’s long-term vision and plans that are now bearing fruit. Budgets presented for the recent years - under the...

A Service economy

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 08:19 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Year in year out, at budget time and beyond, we can only confirm how our economy is increasing the volume of services it provides. The aims that used to be set in long past years for industry to be...

Loneliness, a scourge we need to open our eyes to

Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 08:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Please keep in mind that 'as we speak' many people are struggling with the brunt of loneliness, possibly a scourge of this era, the epoch that should have been more about networking, communication,...

The generation that had it all

Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 10:10 Last update: about 7 years ago Camilla Appelgren

Are we too late to turn this around? The despair many of us feel by just reading those few words out loud is overwhelming. People are by nature seeking profit and meaningfulness in the things...

Still awaiting justice!

Monday, 29 October 2018, 10:25 Last update: about 7 years ago Simon Mercieca

I came to know Charles Zammit through my blog on the Malta Independent. He started to comment on the posts, I upload on social media. This is how we became acquainted. From the way Mr.Zammit...

The poor

Monday, 29 October 2018, 08:37 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

    There's not enough discussion about "the poor". Indeed even the usage of that expression has become rare, almost as if we believe it sounds too religious and hardly a precise...

Desiree

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 09:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

Her father is a drug runner and her mother was married at 15. The girl, Desiree Mariottini, just 16 years old, became a drug addict. Her home, in Cisterna in Latina, south of Rome, was...

Opinion: Malta - The fruits of success

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 09:22 Last update: about 7 years ago Joseph Muscat

As progressives, we tend not to look back at past achievements but instead focus on building the conditions to achieve the present and future we believe in. However, while preparing this seventh...

Opinion: Budget 2019 lacks economic vision

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 09:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Mario de Marco

The 2019 Budget is conspicuous not by what it says but by what it has left unsaid. In his customary long speech, Minister Edward Scicluna opted to make no reference to the major challenges that...

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