Privatising the miseries of precarious work and the health sector
Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 10:38
Last update: about 8 years ago
Gejtu Vella
In normal circumstances, the trade union movement attracts the attention of the general public when unions are engaged in disputes or resort to industrial action. The Medical Association of...
Privacy
Monday, 5 December 2016, 08:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
Numerous proposals are being drafted at the moment to introduce greater transparency on an international level, in the financial services sector. The proposals include arrangements by which government...
The return of family politics
Monday, 5 December 2016, 07:59
Last update: about 8 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Last week, there were two pieces of news destined to have an effect on European politics. The first was that Jacques Fillon won the political primaries of the centre-right in France. The second, a...
Scrutiny by the Opposition leader is not public scrutiny
Sunday, 4 December 2016, 11:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Vitals ‘Global Healthcare’ has a medical board which it set up to lend a modicum of legitimacy to a clutch of crooks who struck their deal with the government before the public hospitals...
Between the saying and the doing
Sunday, 4 December 2016, 10:50
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
The heading reads better in its original Italian, than in English: “Dal dire al fare “C’è un gran bel mare” ‘Between the saying and the doing...
Tax avoidance: does Malta play a role?
Sunday, 4 December 2016, 10:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
On 30 August, the European Union, through Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, ordered Apple Corporation to pay €13 billion in unpaid taxes to the Irish state. The EU ruling considered...
The dog ate my homework
Saturday, 3 December 2016, 09:33
Last update: about 8 years ago
Rachel Borg
Either the whole bunch are hiding behind Konrad Mizzi as his runners or else they have quickly learned the trade and are now setting up shop on their own. The business of establishing the...
No money to repair potholes
Friday, 2 December 2016, 08:55
Last update: about 8 years ago
Salvu Mallia
Salvu Mallia today raises tourism issues in his weekly blog on this website, saying that he cannot understand how the government boasts so much about the country’s economy and then does not have...