Take a walk on the wild front
Sunday, 16 June 2019, 09:06
Last update: about 8 years ago
Victor Calleja
Malta’s main promenade in the Sliema area stretches from the Manoel Island Bridge to Spinola, where the Love sculpture is. It is one of the jewels in the island’s crown. Let me start...
Tipping point
Saturday, 15 June 2019, 07:15
Last update: about 8 years ago
Rachel Borg
Now that something can be seen and touched, the collapse of buildings and walls, with near fatal accidents to real persons, some reaction from the government has finally ensued. For what it is worth,...
Implementing reforms
Friday, 14 June 2019, 08:47
Last update: about 8 years ago
Owen Bonnici
This is a Government which is intent on implementing reforms and changes in all sectors, including in the field of Justice. A lot has been done, but we cannot rest on our laurels. A lot...
A look back
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 08:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
The activities and publications that marked the hundred anniversary of the Sette Giugno were most interesting. The anthology of studies about the event issued by the committee set up to commemorate...
On ‘fairness and transparency’
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 08:25
Last update: about 8 years ago
Tara Cassar
The Planning Authority [PA] is, in a nutshell, responsible for determining what does and does not get built. This is done mainly by processing and deciding on specific development applications, and by...
Services
Monday, 10 June 2019, 07:57
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
At last, even the European Commission, in its Malta report for the spring of 2019, has begun to emphasize the fact that the Maltese economy is increasingly relying on the services sectors. The point...
The PN’s hard slog
Sunday, 9 June 2019, 10:45
Last update: about 8 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
I am writing this on Friday afternoon, before what I expect to be the Xarabank version of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. But it’s not okay at all, to my mind. Is the PN up a political blind...
Plastic in our life
Sunday, 9 June 2019, 10:32
Last update: about 8 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) is currently engaged in a public consultation regarding single use plastic. This contrasts with the more wide-ranging EU strategy which considers plastic...