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Technical skills

Thursday, 7 October 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Much has been said about our educational needs and achievements but not so much about the need for technical skills and how these are being fostered. Indeed, one gets the impression that they are not...

Family and flexibility

Thursday, 7 October 2021, 07:57 Last update: about 6 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

This week, in the run-up to the next general election, Partit Nazzjonalista continued to publish more proposals. This is the fruit of all the hard work put into the policy clusters set up by PN and...

Jaiteh, the face of what this country has turned into

Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 09:40 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

So much has been written and said during this last week on this infamous and abominable incident that shocked our country.  Lest we forget. Alas it was reported that Gambian Jaiteh...

Our climate challenge and more

Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 09:39 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

Higher temperatures, drought, storms and sea level rise are few of the symptoms of a changing climate. Malta has not been spared of global events and hence why we need to act locally on global...

No farewell to arms

Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 08:52 Last update: about 6 years ago Evarist Bartolo

60 years ago, when his term as President of the United States of America, was coming to an end, Dwight Eisenhower warned his country of the grave implications of the influence that the military...

Brexit hiccups

Monday, 4 October 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Right from the start of the Brexit process, the most difficult problem appeared to be that of Northern Ireland. While remaining within the UK, Northern Ireland needed to stay in a free trade and free...

Hello Goodbyes

Sunday, 3 October 2021, 11:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Charles Flores

There is no doubt a mixture of generations is required for our House of Representatives to epitomise not only the different generations of voters, but also to healthily combine experience, history and...

A minister resigns

Sunday, 3 October 2021, 10:45 Last update: about 6 years ago Kevin Cassar

“The Minister made the decision to quit, himself” the Prime minister announced. So why did he resign?  He had broken no law.  He wasn’t found guilty of any...

Birżebbuġa: adding insult to injury

Sunday, 3 October 2021, 10:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Government’s decision to select a site for a car-racing track at Ħal Far, on the outskirts of Birżebbuġa, betrays a gross lack of sensitivity towards the welfare of the...

Reining in the runaway horse

Sunday, 3 October 2021, 08:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

The minister for finance has been reported as having mused that the Maltese economy could do with a less preponderance of construction. He got his knuckles rapped by his own boss, the prime...

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