Policy statements
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
Statements that define a new policy or the updating of one are by their very nature an important milestone in the operations of a government. They describe the aims that government is laying out for...
A country of developers?
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 07:38
Last update: about 4 years ago
Michael Briguglio
In a press release about property sales issued last Monday, the Malta Developers Association (MDA) stated that “despite the doom and gloom of some media quarters, the figures for February show...
Debates
Monday, 3 April 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
In any parliamentary democracy, debates are a fundamental node around which matters turn. One side presents the government’s position to explain the direction it has taken and the targets it has...
Bye-bye to the 48-hour arrest rule
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 09:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
There is never a dull moment in Malta, thanks to our government that makes us the laughing-stock of all Europe. Government’s attack on civil liberties continues unabated. A new chapter is being...
The role of members of Parliament
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 08:54
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Earlier this week I requested the Auditor General to investigate the appointment of the Honourable Rosianne Cutajar as a consultant to the Chief Executive Office of the Institute for Tourism Studies...
Labour’s Great Stink
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 08:33
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Cassar
In 1855 the famous scientist, Michael Faraday, best known for his work on electricity, wrote a letter to The Times. He complained about the unbearable stench emanating from the River Thames into which...
The Nomenklatura of kleptocracy
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 07:55
Last update: about 4 years ago
Noel Grima
This is not an exercise in tongue twisters, nor an exercise to get you digging out your dictionaries. It is, as I see it, an exact description of Malta today. Nomenklatura is a word coming from...
MUZIKA MUZIKA: what a success!
Friday, 31 March 2023, 16:02
Last update: about 4 years ago
Owen Bonnici
The third edition of Mużika Mużika has come to a close, with SABIĦA, performed by Gianluca Bezzina, composed by Philip Vella, and written by Joe Julian Farrugia, being declared as the...
National loyalties
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
In the normal run of how European affairs get sorted out, one can listen to lots of beuatiful delarations being made about European values and the importance of a European vision that keeps...
Role for a senate?
Monday, 27 March 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
Malta is one of the few countries with a unicameral Parliament. We have no Senate or an institution which could function as such. It was not always like so. At times when the Parliament’s...