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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...

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