Brake on tourism
Thursday, 6 December 2018, 07:29
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
We get told that a brake on tourism growth has become necessary since we’re reaching a stage where the capacity of the island to cope with the demands that this sector makes on the social and...
You need to rock the boat
Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 10:31
Last update: about 8 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
These last weeks we are celebrating our students’ achievements, best represented in their graduation. Almost 320 students graduated at Diploma, Bachelor, post-grad certification, Masters...
Need for concerted effort to demonstrate alternatives to Web Tax
Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 14:35
Last update: about 8 years ago
Peter Agius
Nationalist Party candidate for the European Parliament election Peter Agius today calls for a concerted effort to find alternatives to the web tax. The web tax regulates taxation for...
NAO report is government’s certificate for corruption
Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 12:10
Last update: about 8 years ago
Francis Zammit Dimech
In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech says that the Auditor General's report on the Electrogas power station deal condemns the government in the way it operated to award the contract to Electrogas....
Who is ready to do what it takes?
Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 07:56
Last update: about 8 years ago
Camilla Appelgren
Emergency cleanup on a Saturday by the Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change was indeed something that caught my eye when reading the news last weekend. It is...
Water and energy bills
Monday, 3 December 2018, 11:31
Last update: about 8 years ago
Michael Briguglio
Nationalist candidate for the European Parliament Michael Briguglio has written to various entities to complain about water and energy bills which are higher than they are supposed to be....
The taxes we pay
Monday, 3 December 2018, 07:38
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
One way to assess how big the drag of taxes can be in a country’s economy is by considering the space that they “take”: namely, their volume as a proportion of the Gross Domestic...
Cospicua’s Beer and First World War German Prisoners
Monday, 3 December 2018, 07:37
Last update: about 8 years ago
Simon Mercieca
This week, Cospicua will be celebrating the annual feast of the Immaculate Conception and many will be participating in the colourful traditions of this town’s history. On...
Subsidiarity in the Constitution
Sunday, 2 December 2018, 11:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
On Friday, a delegation from Alternattiva Demokratika met Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government Silvio Parnis to discuss the White Paper published by the government concerning the reform of...
No workplace tragedy is an accident
Sunday, 2 December 2018, 09:59
Last update: about 8 years ago
Charles Flores
The ugly death of a 26-year-old Libyan worker in tower-crane-encircled Sliema has reopened an old wound with an impromptu debate on the issue of real, rather than assumed, security at work,...