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Gozo Channel: A monopoly that delivers

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 08:10 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

It's Friday, 17 January, 3:45 am. A fierce gale warning lights up every weather bulletin as rain cascades and the wind roars through Ċirkewwa. After boarding the MV Gaudos, we are pushing across...

Trumpian shockwaves

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 08:08 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

We are inevitably impacted by all that which occurs around us. It is therefore only a question of time that we will have to take into consideration the views, utterances and decisions of the new...

The Janus effect

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 07:17 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

Some people, even PN bigwigs, believe that the more we speak of corruption, the worse it is. They fear being negative. That mentioning the horrors of the ones in power will scare people, the common...

A register of elderly abuse offenders

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 07:15 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

In May 2023, inclusion minister Julia Farrugia Portelli was behind the introduction of a register for people guilty of abusing disabled people. The result is that all care homes will have to check if...

The brave new world of crypto currency

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 06:16 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

It was by a happy coincidence that a few weeks back opened for me, a commentator, not an investor, the brave new world of crypto currency. Since then, I've come to know that a growing number of...

An exciting time for culture and the arts

Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:39 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

There was a time in Malta when Governments considered culture and the arts to be an afterthought or a political appendix to something else. There were many reasons for this lack of...

Road works

Thursday, 23 January 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

It is mystifyng how over all these years, we remain without an administrative method by which road works are carried out according to a well regulated plan that ensures they are completed in a...

Less traffic

Monday, 20 January 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Measures have been announced to help reduce the volume of car traffic on our roads. The question arises: how successful are they being? Likely, there is need for an objective review of their...

Bonnici the Bully

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:16 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

Do you know Matthew Maggi? Probably not. He's not a public figure. He's a private citizen working in the film industry. Yet Minister Owen Bonnici  used his position of power to harass and...

Gozo’s push for regional autonomy: A vision or a mirage?

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 08:14 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The Gozo Business Chamber's recent call for regional autonomy enshrined in Malta's constitution has reignited a long-standing debate about Gozo's governance. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the...

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