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Social concerns

Monday, 5 September 2022, 08:48 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

There is a growing belief that those placed in the lower social strata -- by way of having a meagre income or being employed in precarious jobs -- will find themselves most vulnerable to the knocks...

Clayton’s Comino Catastrophes

Sunday, 4 September 2022, 09:02 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“On Comino we are already working to draw up a plan”.  Already?  Labour’s been in power for almost a decade and Clayton Bartolo hasn’t even started to draw up a plan?...

Phone call from the Ministry

Sunday, 4 September 2022, 08:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The driving licence racket unveiled in Court earlier this week is extremely disturbing. This is being stated in view of the sensitive information indicated in the testimony heard so far in Court but...

Fighting sea slime: Proactive solutions for cleaner seas

Sunday, 4 September 2022, 08:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Alicia Bugeja Said

During this past month, a new and innovative trial project was underway within Malta’s bluefin tuna farms. The aim of this initiative is to utilise a new type of feed, which will help in...

End-time in Britain

Sunday, 4 September 2022, 07:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

I have never experienced anything like it and they, the directly affected, have never seen anything like it. Electricity costs going through the roof, something like £7,000 a year per house and...

Lowest unemployment rate in history

Friday, 2 September 2022, 08:05 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

Last month’s unemployment rate was 2.9%, the lowest level ever recorded in our nation’s history. This means that in July, the actual number of unemployed...

Financial cuts

Thursday, 1 September 2022, 07:58 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Controversy erupted because (if I understood correctly) as part of the financial cuts that the government will be making in its expenditures, the grant to the University shall be reduced by a little...

Solar energy

Monday, 29 August 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

We grumble all the time because it’s been too hot – and still is, even as we know quite well that the sun could be the main and most reliable source of natural energy for these...

Judicial delays

Sunday, 28 August 2022, 10:10 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

The minister responsible for justice has been quoted as saying that one way of addressing judicial delays that is being considered by government is through increasing the members of the judiciary....

Of child brides, Sixth Formers and the Army

Sunday, 28 August 2022, 09:04 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

The late teens are difficult years to go through without the right guidance so to have two issues related to this age group highlighted in the news this week is worth writing about. Acasual...

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