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Budget 2024: A concrete exercise in social justice

Friday, 3 November 2023, 08:41 Last update: about 4 years ago Owen Bonnici

Malta's Budget for 2024 is nothing short of an impressive exercise in the attainment of social justice, a testament to the government's dedication to enhancing the quality of life for all...

Reasonable and well reasoned

Thursday, 2 November 2023, 06:57 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

Personally I did not envisage it would be otherwise; the 2024 budget would present reasonable and well reasoned proposals covering the government’s way forward given today’s fiscal,...

Employment agencies

Monday, 30 October 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

Recently, in past weeks, it seems like I saw  quite a number of media adverts announcing the intention of the advertiser to set up an employment agency -- one that would also be doing business by...

Wrong legal interpretation in the health sector

Sunday, 29 October 2023, 08:28 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

An interesting decree delivered by the Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Inquiry by Magistrate Dr Marse-Ann Farrugia on 30 August 2023 is that in the names of The Republic of Malta v. Abner...

The future is bright

Sunday, 29 October 2023, 07:55 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

With a gaping grin, Robert Abela announced in his 2022 Manifesto, that the future is bright. With his landslide victory in the bag, ONE confirmed that Abela will offer a beautiful future. His...

There are crooks everywhere you look

Sunday, 29 October 2023, 07:53 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The decision of the Court of Appeal delivered last Monday has vindicated Daphne’s last words: “there are crooks everywhere you look”. The Court of Appeal decision on the...

Sleep-walking to disaster

Sunday, 29 October 2023, 07:49 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

Come Budget Day the loudest and most persistent banging on tables by the government side will be when the minister announces that the COLA increase as from 1 January will be €12.81 per...

Critical Ignoring and Fact-Checking

Thursday, 26 October 2023, 13:24 Last update: about 4 years ago Michael Briguglio

It is not the first time that we have been warned about the perils of 'post-truth' situations, where fake news is propagated, at times making it very difficult to verify the accuracy of content. The...

Brakes

Thursday, 26 October 2023, 07:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

There have been many to claim that a change is needed in how economic growth is being sustained and managed. An essential component of this change would have to be the deceleration of growth in some...

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