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Creating today the Malta of tomorrow

Friday, 24 May 2024, 07:10 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

The Maltese people have entrusted us with the responsibility to lead this country. A strong majority of the electorate constitently believe in us because they know that we...

PESCO

Thursday, 23 May 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

PESCO (“Permanent Structured Cooperation”) is an EU programme by which the armies of the member states cooperate and coordinate together exercises and military projects. Participation is...

We could have seen a PN making deeper inroads today

Thursday, 23 May 2024, 07:09 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

One presumes that the electorate’s conviction prior to casting its vote is normally based on a political party’s leader's track record, facts and credibility. Whenever any new leader of...

Farm land

Monday, 20 May 2024, 07:54 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

At present, awareness on the island regarding the need to preserve what remains of our farmland has become great. As I see it, a “total” moratorium to not allow new buildings on arable...

Angelo Gafà’s concerns

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 08:44 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Commissioner of Police, Angelo Gafà, is playing games. These games can have dire consequences. Consider the complaint filed some months ago by River of Love Pastor Gordon...

Gozo: Let’s walk the talk, Prime Minister!

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 08:39 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Since my earliest memories – almost sixty years – when elections loom, government officials intensify their outreach efforts to woo us, the Gozitans. As a distinct district, Gozo...

What harming Malta looks like

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 08:37 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

“Justice does not mean political terrorism,” Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela warned  in his depressingly partisan press conference. Abela was still at it, waging all-out war...

Before it is too late

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 08:34 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

We have an overpopulation figure of 533,286 as of 2023, 800,000 by 2040, with more than 1 in 5 being foreign, coupled with a low fertility rate. We know that this situation can no longer be...

When a hand flick is much more than a flick

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 07:53 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

One of the most lasting moments in modern history caught on film and etched in the memory bank of a country is surely when Roberta Metsola  flicked Joseph Muscat away and refused to shake his...

Tandem politics

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 06:47 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

It’s the marching season again and that of political mass gatherings after a hiatus of some months from the time of the last general election. But still, it is rather strange to have two...

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