Between a riot and a rout
Sunday, 24 November 2019, 08:45
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
This has been quite a traumatic week for us. For many months we grumbled and complained that no progress was being registered in the investigations regarding the assassination of Daphne Caruana...
The pantomime is over
Saturday, 23 November 2019, 09:33
Last update: about 8 years ago
Rachel Borg
The plan has failed. The excitement of Labour winning their 55% of the vote is over and the chickens have come home to roost. Castille is breached. So greedy and arrogant are they...
Working for a common goal
Friday, 22 November 2019, 10:54
Last update: about 8 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Yesterday’s National Conference about Cleanliness is a result of the work done during the past years during which we have worked tirelessly to raise awareness on the importance of a clean...
Is all new all bad?
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 10:33
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
A problem that arises when so many building...
Death by antimicrobial resistance
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 09:04
Last update: about 8 years ago
Mark Josef Rapa
700,000 people die every year because of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). By 2050, AMR will cause 10million deaths per year worldwide. 24million people will be pushed into poverty globally by 2030. The...
New strides in safeguarding human rights
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 09:02
Last update: about 8 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
I welcome The Human Rights and Equality Commission Act, 2019 and the Equality Act, 2019 presented for the second reading in the Parliament of, through which Malta fulfils the Paris Principles for...
A victory for Vittoriosa
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 09:28
Last update: about 8 years ago
Tara Cassar
Last October, the residents of Birgu had a significant victory when a development that would have obstructed vistas from the belvedere of Birgu was revoked by the Planning Board. Earlier in...
A chill
Monday, 18 November 2019, 08:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
The chill that has spread in international commercial relations during the past three years is impacting unpleasantly on the world’s major economies. Though they have escaped recession, a sense...
Corruption is colour-blind
Sunday, 17 November 2019, 12:05
Last update: about 8 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The debate on local corruption is never-ending. Corruption is colour-blind and is heavily dependent upon a clientelist culture, as well as on the existence of weak or weakened institutions. In...