Legislative changes needed
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 07:28
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
Solar access should be a right. The government must seriously consider enacting solar rights legislation. There is an urgent need to introduce a law guaranteeing the right to light. Not only did...
Fragmented
Monday, 18 November 2024, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
Economic and social planning as it used to be done years ago is no longer practised. In a market economy, we keep being told, it is not possible to really plan. But whoever is managing a political...
That’s not a pardon
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 08:44
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Cassar
"This is no pardon," an angry magistrate exclaimed in court, brandishing a letter sent by the Office of the President to one of hundreds of beneficiaries of allegedly fraudulent disability...
Scraping the barrel in Robert’s Cabinet
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 08:42
Last update: about 3 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The report from the Commissioner of Standards in Public Life on Clayton Bartolo's then girlfriend, Amanda Muscat, and the report of the Auditor General on the Film Commission were published in the...
Taking the artistic sector to the next level
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 08:39
Last update: about 3 years ago
Julie Zahra
It is said that when Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he replied, "then what are we fighting for?" Sadly, we're not sure if the British Prime Minister has...
Knee-jerk Robert
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 07:42
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
Or copycat. On Sunday Robert Abela had a brainwave. Speaking at a party activity at Zebbug, he announced that later this week Cabinet will discuss a new initiative that will only allow people to...
Verbal power
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 07:38
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
Communication is a key element in today's society. Words, the main means used in communicating, represent a magical power that only mankind possesses. In times gone by, it used to be said that the pen...
How about we all rob the Central Bank?
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 07:37
Last update: about 3 years ago
Victor Calleja
Praise the Lord, the Lord Prime Minister, who is all forgiving, all loving, all embracing. Clayton Bartolo has apologised, so all is fine in Castille, in our gilded cage, our golden age under the...
2025: A Maltese presidency at the Council of Europe
Saturday, 16 November 2024, 09:39
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
Between May and November 2025, Malta will be the President and conduct the European Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe. It will be presiding over a body comprising 46 member states and...