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Local democracy can protect our urban green spaces

Sunday, 7 May 2023, 08:11 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

We need more green open spaces in our urban areas. Green open spaces help us strengthen and where necessary re-establish our links with the natural world. These links have been severely impacted by...

Byron Camilleri is our problem

Sunday, 7 May 2023, 07:29 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

“If you don’t like my answer it’s not my problem, it’s your problem”, the insufferable Byron Camilleri replied to a journalist. Byron Camilleri, Home Affairs...

Coronation glums

Sunday, 7 May 2023, 07:10 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

It’s amazing what 70 years can do to a country, let alone a person. I remember the 1953 coronation of the Queen. I was a small boy then, attending the primary school. I remember my father...

Following us into tomorrow

Friday, 5 May 2023, 07:31 Last update: about 4 years ago Owen Bonnici

One of the greatest Presidents that America ever had, Ronald Reagan, came up with an outstanding last public speech before he stood down from his second term in the famed Oval office.  It...

Maltese history

Thursday, 4 May 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

The history of Malta is not a subject that our citizens are really familiar with. Apart from those who really do not care at all about it, a significant majority still have only a superficial...

Inflation and the economic treadmill

Thursday, 4 May 2023, 07:58 Last update: about 4 years ago Michael Briguglio

Latest Eurostat data, covering up till April 2023, show that Malta’s annual inflation rate, at 6.5%, was slightly lower than the 7% for the Euro area.   Furthermore, the latest...

The working class

Monday, 1 May 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

As an item of discussion, the working class has completely disappeared. It so happened that Marxism which had been the vehicle that most established it as a political term fell out of fashion. This...

Pilatus: A Laundromat Bank in Europe

Sunday, 30 April 2023, 09:28 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

The grave allegations of dereliction of duties made by Robert Aquilina, president of civil society organization Repubblika, in his recent book entitled Pilatus: A Laundromat Bank in Europe (Midsea...

Revisiting energy, water and fuel subsidies

Sunday, 30 April 2023, 08:30 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

There is definitely a case to make in favour of subsidised energy and water use in this particular time of crisis. This should be aimed at mitigating the social impacts of an increase in energy and...

Byron’s suspicious secrecy

Sunday, 30 April 2023, 07:29 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

“That person has been moved from the Correctional services agency and will be stationed in another unit within the Home Affairs Ministry,” Minister Byron Camilleri stated on 18 May 2022....

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