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Our 10th President of the Republic

Friday, 8 March 2019, 08:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

An honour for Zejtun, an honour for Malta: this is how I described Dr George Vella's nomination to be Malta's next President.  Unanimously approved by the Cabinet and the Parliamentary...

Safeguarding the pharmaceutical sector – Francis Zammit Dimech

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 14:12 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit speaks about his work at the European Parliament to safeguard the pharmaceutical sector, an economic sector that reached our shores that to a PN administration and which...

Hate speech

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

It is good that there is a growing awareness of the harm that is done when hate speech, as it has been labelled, is indulged in, especially in the social media. With it too is sometimes coupled speech...

Are your winter utility bills cheaper?

Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 08:33 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

In this vlog Michael Briguglio explains how the recent cold weather meant that people were more likely to resort to options such as heating to keep warm. He compares Government's failure to keep up to...

‘Come to Jesus’ moment

Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 08:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I believe that Malta has benefitted immensely from the transformation we witnessed in these last 10 years or so.  Let’s admit that we were hijacked by a confessional state mentality that...

European tax proposal in Socialist manifesto

Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 08:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

In his vlog from the University of Malta, Tajani speechwriter and MEP candidate Peter Agius puts into question the effectiveness of Labour MEPs to defend Malta’s interest in view of the fact...

Be somebody

Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 07:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Camilla Appelgren

“It's a basic instinct to protect your offspring.” That's a sentence I've seen or heard during discussions, no matter what opinion people had. We seem to have that one thing in common...

Reports from beyond

Monday, 4 March 2019, 07:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Last week, almost on the same day, two reports were published about the economic and social situation in Malta: one by the European Commission in the framework of the programmes it runs to ensure that...

The elasticity of the localplans

Sunday, 3 March 2019, 10:27 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Local Plans currently in force, when they were approved, were a first serious attempt in these islands to regulate development at a local level. The need had been felt for far too long....

The giant in our midst

Sunday, 3 March 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

A secretly shot film of a jubilant Prime Minister and his wife singing and celebrating, with attendant champagne, like two little kids recently made the rounds on the social media. It grabbed the...

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