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Dear Karl

Sunday, 15 September 2024, 08:36 Last update: about 3 years ago Darren Carabott

Last we spoke, you told me about your intention to throw your hat in the ring for the post of Secretary General of the Nationalist Party. As I promised you my support, I couldn't feel happier - both...

Karl Gouder’s legacy

Sunday, 15 September 2024, 08:35 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

The huge outpouring of public grief at the untimely death of Karl Gouder was mainly by those who got to know him in the various mansions of the Nationalist Party, but included also people from the...

A force of change driving the future

Friday, 13 September 2024, 12:51 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

It will get busy at Mile End Road this weekend. The Labour Party convenes its general conference to elect two new deputy leaders and a new administration.   Future is the most important...

Stability

Thursday, 12 September 2024, 08:28 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

The arguments advanced by the Chamber of Commerce that Stabbiltà, the government's flagship programme to rein in price rises was ineffectual are unconvincing. True, if one considers how...

Getting our infrastructure and vision right

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 08:07 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

A failing, critical infrastructure is hampering economic progress and exposing businesses and communities to significant risks. Existing physical and digital infrastructure is under stress from...

The Leader seeks my destruction

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:50 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

There were two contestants for the leadership. But everybody knew who the successor would be. The more experienced man with a record of strong leadership was bound to win. Even he assumed he'd...

Dun Ang Seychell – priest, journalist, philanthropist

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:48 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

It says a lot about the low level of journalism in Malta that many of them seem unable to get their facts right even in simple, uncontroversial matters. I read some, not all, news reports about...

We win sieges don’t we?

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:45 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

Placed prominently right opposite the main entrance of the law courts in Valletta is a statue depicting three figures. The Great Siege monument commemorates the victory of our valour and values over...

Msida flyovers: more money down the drain

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:41 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Most of the improvements undertaken to increase the capacity of the road infrastructure, in the long term, are of no use. Flyovers, underpasses and tunnels: they do not solve anything. They only make...

Gozo: Where is the GRDA 2023-33 strategy?

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:38 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The 2025 budget proposals for Gozo are already available from the Gozo Business Chamber (GBC) and The Gozo Tourism Association (GTA). The Gozo Regional Development Authority (GRDA) has still not...

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