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...