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Safeguarding land and livelihoods

Sunday, 29 January 2023, 09:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Alicia Bugeja Said

The efficient and effective use of our arable land is an issue that originates from decisions and policies past; yet, to have a safeguarded future, it requires tangible action in the present. The...

Open spaces and the 15-minute city

Sunday, 29 January 2023, 09:10 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Having a substantially increased area of open spaces and ensuring that these spaces are accessible for all is good policy. The fact that currently we lack accessible open spaces is a failure of land...

The cult of the strongman

Sunday, 29 January 2023, 09:09 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

Robert Abela is adopting the habits of dictators. His tolerance for rampant ministerial abuse, his intolerance for journalists, his degrading treatment of irregular migrants and his determined assault...

Oh! Comino!

Sunday, 29 January 2023, 09:07 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Well, it had to happen. They’ve spoilt pretty much everywhere, so Comino had to be next in line. An application has been cooked up to build a hotel and a bungalow village on the so-far unspoilt...

Safe as houses

Sunday, 29 January 2023, 08:14 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Along with many others I did not feel Tuesday’s strong quake at 9.30pm (maybe because at that time I was watching an equally strong quake on a football pitch!). Or maybe because I was on...

Preserving historical documents

Friday, 27 January 2023, 08:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week hundreds of Sir Adrian Dingli's private documents, dating back to the beginning of the 19th century when Malta was just beginning to form part of the British Empire, have become part of the...

Greed

Thursday, 26 January 2023, 07:59 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

A friend made an interesting remark: Greed has penetrated too deeply into the Maltese economy. The dictionary defines greed as an “intense and selfish desire for something”: surely money...

Of gardens and jungles

Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 09:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

On 10 December 2023 we will be commemorating 75 years since representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world published the draft of the Universal Declaration...

Partial strikes

Monday, 23 January 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

As extensive strikes spread across Europe, mostly because inflation is creating so many problems for workers and their families, one cannot but note how strikes in this country have tailed off in...

Conscience, MPs, and the abortion law

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:21 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Cicero once wrote that ‘we have no other rule capable of distinguishing between a good or a bad law, than our natural conscience and reason. These, however, enable us to separate justice from...

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