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Rainwater: the cost of incompetence

Sunday, 4 November 2018, 10:17 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

In his latest Budget speech, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna informed us that more studies will be carried out to identify flooding risks, simultaneously seeking to maximise the use of...

No price is too cheap

Sunday, 4 November 2018, 10:01 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Over the years I have spent as a journalist, there have been times when I have detested this profession. I have assisted as people have been savaged by the media for no other reason but the fact...

Improving our skills

Saturday, 3 November 2018, 08:31 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

Nationalist Party candidate for the European Parliament Peter Agius today speaks about the need to improve our education system for it to lead students to prepare themselves to take up jobs available...

A budget that caters for all sectors

Friday, 2 November 2018, 09:47 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

Our country is going through an economical success as a result of this Government’s long-term vision and plans that are now bearing fruit. Budgets presented for the recent years - under the...

A Service economy

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 08:19 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Year in year out, at budget time and beyond, we can only confirm how our economy is increasing the volume of services it provides. The aims that used to be set in long past years for industry to be...

Loneliness, a scourge we need to open our eyes to

Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 08:39 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Please keep in mind that 'as we speak' many people are struggling with the brunt of loneliness, possibly a scourge of this era, the epoch that should have been more about networking, communication,...

The generation that had it all

Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 10:10 Last update: about 6 years ago Camilla Appelgren

Are we too late to turn this around? The despair many of us feel by just reading those few words out loud is overwhelming. People are by nature seeking profit and meaningfulness in the things...

Still awaiting justice!

Monday, 29 October 2018, 10:25 Last update: about 6 years ago Simon Mercieca

I came to know Charles Zammit through my blog on the Malta Independent. He started to comment on the posts, I upload on social media. This is how we became acquainted. From the way Mr.Zammit...

The poor

Monday, 29 October 2018, 08:37 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

    There's not enough discussion about "the poor". Indeed even the usage of that expression has become rare, almost as if we believe it sounds too religious and hardly a precise...

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