Climate change
Monday, 8 November 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
If the objectives that have been set to safeguard against climate change are to be met, action on at least three fronts will need to be implemented: leading economic (and also social) sectors will...
The latest political fashion
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 10:08
Last update: about 6 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
No, I don't mean what goes on behind the catwalks in Milan and Paris. I mean, politics that follow what is fashionable, the kind that's the opposite of principled politics. Readers will have...
The MP’s handbook to escape justice
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 09:35
Last update: about 6 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Malta’s MPs needn’t worry about getting punished for their misbehavior. They have at their disposal the perfect handbook to evade justice. No matter how atrocious their actions, they...
Claiming back (and protecting) our coast
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 09:07
Last update: about 6 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
A continuous effort to commercialise the coast is under way. It has been going on for quite some time. The proposed Marsaskala yacht marina is just one example. It is possibly the latest of many...
The House of strategic failures
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 08:12
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
Our House of Representatives has just celebrated its first 100 years since its inaugural sitting in colonial times after the 7 Giugno riots. For the first time in its existence the House is now...
Facing a national crisis
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 08:53
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
There are times in our life when we just raise our arms in exasperation and simply cannot take any more of a critical situation. We recognize that a limit has been passed, that tolerance and...
Centenary
Friday, 5 November 2021, 08:32
Last update: about 6 years ago
Owen Bonnici
It was on 1 November, 1921, exactly one hundred years ago this week, that the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII - Prince Charles' immediate predecessor in title and the current Queen's uncle - inaugurated...
Optimistic signals
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
From the tourism sector we are getting... if I am understanding correctly... signals that spell a cautious optimism across Europe, Malta included. This is quite encouraging as almost without our...
Not to repeat the ‘worst mistake’ in Libya
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 08:33
Last update: about 6 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
For outsiders, Libya may be just a geopolitical crisis and eventually an opportunity for lucrative contracts. But for nearly seven million Libyans, Libya is their shattered home where two thirds...
'Golden' passports
Monday, 1 November 2021, 08:22
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
Like me, you might not be partial to the scheme by which so-called golden passports are issued to foreign citizens, so that they become “Maltese”, after they have paid in funds...