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Mass transport – branded La Vallette

Sunday, 24 May 2026, 06:49 Last update: about 3 months ago Gejtu Vella

Let me take you back to 2019, when a leading economist addressed the social partners during a presentation that generated considerable attention. Reports at the time highlighted that cost-benefit...

Politics: playing dirty

Sunday, 24 May 2026, 06:46 Last update: about 3 months ago Mark Said

It is often said that in a democracy, everything should be placed before the public. Any internal squabbles of any political party will always go down in history books as the main characteristic of...

Malta's national interest would be to send Abela home

Sunday, 24 May 2026, 06:43 Last update: about 3 months ago Noel Grima

But it's not going to happen. Resign yourselves to seeing more of him, as the machine cashes in and takes its due. If he sees what's coming Abela will wipe the smirk off his face. After all, he...

Credibility, competence, and responsibility

Friday, 22 May 2026, 06:39 Last update: about 2 months ago Owen Bonnici

This is my final opinion article before the general election. Today week, it is a silent day - a concept that, in the world of social media, has become somewhat of a dischordant sound to put it mildly...

Maltese publishers

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 08:00 Last update: about 3 months ago Alfred Sant

Maltese publishers are right to feel that compared to other sectors of cultural production in Malta, they are not being given the support they deserve. Independently of how one evaluates their...

Electoral snippets

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 07:57 Last update: about 3 months ago Mark Said

The power of incumbency always comes to the fore whenever a general election is approaching. Incumbents abusing power in the context of elections is a long-standing problem, one where little has...

Fewer early school leavers - but where are they actually going?

Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 06:58 Last update: about 3 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

This week, Malta's education ministry declared a "historic turning point." For the first time on record, the country's rate of early school leavers has dropped below the EU average. The figure,...

Coarse

Monday, 18 May 2026, 08:00 Last update: about 3 months ago Alfred Sant

No doubt it is old age which allows one to realise how in our times, public and private styles of speech and behaviour in every day life have increasingly become much ruder. The change happened the...

The outcast

Sunday, 17 May 2026, 07:38 Last update: about 3 months ago Kevin Cassar

On 6 November 2025 at a tombola buffet breakfast at Paradise Bay Hotel, former Minister Clayton Bartolo addressed his loyal supporters gathered for his campaign event. "If you hear somebody asking...

When crime pays

Sunday, 17 May 2026, 07:37 Last update: about 3 months ago Kevin Aquilina

The Various Revenue Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 - Act No XXX of 2025 - a recently enacted law, raises grave criminal justice sentencing policy issues. If A commits the crimes of, say, forgery of...

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