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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of Birgu had a significant victory when a development that would have obstructed vistas from the belvedere of Birgu was revoked by the Planning Board.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...

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