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From a new beginning to a missed one

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 08:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

On Wednesday, benefitting from my newly-acquired freedom, I binged on television for hours, watching the ignominious end of Donald Trump and the eerie appointment of Joe Biden in a Washington turned...

Voter profile

Saturday, 23 January 2021, 07:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

We are now in the second half of the 2017 legislature with structures for the next election starting to build around us.  The people are facing Covid fatigue, the economy is bruised and battered...

A robust post-Covid 19 strategy for Malta

Friday, 22 January 2021, 07:48 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

As the pandemic unfolded, the government has acted swiftly and decisively to protect the health of its citizens and safeguard jobs and the Maltese economy.  Now, it is as crucial and as important...

Arguments

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

One understands arguments that arise against the regulations that new projects being proposed need to follow. Many consider them to be a tool of excessive bureaucracy. Regulations seem to be in place...

Stoic ‘21

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 07:04 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

‘We should always be asking ourselves: “Is this something that is, or is not, in my control?”’ - Epictetus (50-135 CE)   ‘If you are pained by any...

Scot free from the Vitals albatross

Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 08:23 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

As we heard again this week in court, the Maltese taxpayer is forking out 250,000 euro a day to make good for the Vitals/Steward deal on our public hospitals. Following years of pressure from the...

A single European market

Monday, 18 January 2021, 07:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The project to establish a single European market as a means by which to unify national economies into one continental entity was a powerful idea. For it to succeed, major national divergences had to...

The country that needed Joseph

Sunday, 17 January 2021, 11:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Yes, the country needed Joseph Muscat. For many reasons, but mostly because it wanted – it needed – to experiment. But now that Joseph and his Circus are gone, it looks like things...

Constitutional top-ups: a democratic deficit

Sunday, 17 January 2021, 09:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week Parliament started discussing Bill 119, proposing constitutional amendments “to ensure de facto equality between men and women in politics”.  A very noble aim which...

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