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Pembroke ITS site: public land - private profits

Sunday, 21 January 2018, 08:25 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The redevelopment of the site currently occupied by the Institute for Tourism Studies (ITS) in Pembroke is again in the news: the public sector is providing the land while the dB Group will rake in...

When actors refuse to leave the stage

Friday, 19 January 2018, 08:55 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

Last Monday Parliament discussed the Bill to amend the Public Administration Act at Committee Stage. It was a Bill proposed by Government to introduce pre-appointment Parliamentary hearings, or...

Influenza

Thursday, 18 January 2018, 08:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The influenza epidemic now still spreading has raised questions, not just in Malta but Europe-wide, about whether public health systems are sufficiently equipped to counter infectious diseases that...

Passing on the baton

Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 09:29 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Reminiscing. I thought at the time that I would be able to see a Country that is free from conflict and is inclusive.  I thought we would have institutions that we can be pleasedwith,...

Time to reflect and to adopt changes

Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 08:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Gejtu Vella

To my mind, there are currently three major issues on the national agenda which merit a serious, non-partisan debate.  Scoring political points should not be the criteria in the debate.  And...

The Sweeney

Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 07:50 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

“The Sweeney” was a captivating British television series that presented police drama without the sickening, non-stop, detailed autopsy scenes of today’s American TV fodder. It was...

The Gozo cable

Monday, 15 January 2018, 08:34 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The government is doing very well in launching this year the new “cable” project for a better internet connectivity in Gozo. It has been in the pipeline for a long while, too long. Now...

The lower part of Valletta

Monday, 15 January 2018, 07:53 Last update: about 7 years ago Simon Mercieca

With a certain sense of priority, on Sunday, 7th January, The Malta Independent reported an interview given by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to One Radio. It was stated that this was the Prime...

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