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Fishy business

Sunday, 18 April 2021, 09:03 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

As the leader of a political party, I am considered as a politically exposed person (PEP) in line with the provisions of EU 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive as transposed into Maltese law. Even...

The rich getting richer, and the poorer?

Sunday, 18 April 2021, 07:59 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

There is now incontrovertible proof that the years the Labour Party has been in office did not really benefit the social class a socialist government should be defending and promoting – the...

Waiting for sense

Saturday, 17 April 2021, 07:27 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

We might have thought that it is common sense to want to get free of a corrupt and scandal-ridden government. Or that we will definitely not push aside the truth about how the country became a cog in...

Taking our country to the next level

Friday, 16 April 2021, 07:43 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

We strongly believe that talent, research and innovation are key drivers to take Malta’s economy and industry to the next level.  Keeping on doing the same things, in the same way, is...

Biden and taxes

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

It seems like the Biden administration has radically altered “its” policies regarding tax on company profits. It has aligned itself almost completely with the proposals of the larger...

The end of Covid

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 07:07 Last update: about 6 years ago Michael Briguglio

“Hope to have a rehearsal soon…when the situation permits” is the repeated mantra between my bandmates and I in the rock band Fire, whenever we communicate with each other. The...

Mental health is low on the totem pole

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 07:20 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A couple of days ago, I went to visit some friends on a farm situated close to Mt Carmel Hospital. It was around 8pm and the only way to access the venue was by driving up the road leading to Mt...

No biscuits for donkeys

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 07:18 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

That is the Maltese saying for several situations where a good opportunity lands on the lap of someone unable to exploit it. Maybe our readers can try to find a proper English translation...

Tradition contrasted with the new

Monday, 12 April 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

At all times, confrontations arise between old customs and ones that might not be new but which already seem different to those of old. The clash is frequently experienced as a tension between...

When the state encourages tax evasion

Sunday, 11 April 2021, 10:19 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

In a speech delivered on Monday to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary, made the case for a global minimum tax applicable to multinational corporations...

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