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Mhux ovvja

Monday, 3 October 2016, 10:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Mhux ovvja li allaħares nagħtu mandat ieħor lil Muscat biex jiggverna. U mhux ovvja li l-Oppożizzjoni jeħtieġ tingħaqad biex tipprovdi gvern alternattiv...

Conflict of interest

Monday, 3 October 2016, 07:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

I was one of the first to raise controversies about the need to clear conflicts of interest out of public management. Still we need not go over the top, whether we act in good or bad faith. To...

Traffic, traffic and still more traffic

Monday, 3 October 2016, 07:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

Back to school and, much to our dismay, we have an enormous increase of traffic on our roads. As a consequence, since last Monday, the number of cars on the road using our main thoroughfares in the...

Jobs for the (unfit for purpose) boys

Sunday, 2 October 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Perhaps this makes sense in some kind of alternative universe: newspapers have reported the Prime Minister as saying that he would “consider pulling the plug on negotiations between Alitalia and...

The Council fault line

Sunday, 2 October 2016, 10:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

I sense a widespread sense of dismay that the EU Council of Ministers backed down and did not follow the European Parliament vote in plenary on Leo Brincat. But then this dismay is misplaced and...

Moving away from Ali Baba politics

Sunday, 2 October 2016, 10:24 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Way back in 2008 during the general election, Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party in Malta had put the issue of a possible parliamentary coalition on the national political agenda. The...

One, hopefully, gone – one to go

Sunday, 2 October 2016, 10:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

The bitter-sweet saga concerning public access to the placid shores of Manoel Island – arrogantly denied for 16 long years – has hopefully come to a conclusion, though I suspect there will...

Rain or shine

Saturday, 1 October 2016, 10:17 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

During the day the weather is expected to be with isolated rain showers in places possibly thundery. Wind will be ESE Force 5-6 decreasing to Force 4. During the night the weather is expected to...

Parties blackmailed for votes

Friday, 30 September 2016, 10:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Salvu Mallia

In his video blog today, Salvu Mallia speaks about the lack of discipline that characterises us as Maltese citizens, and goes on to explain how there is a growing trend for people to blackmail...

Who will build the skyscrapers?

Thursday, 29 September 2016, 10:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

In the raging debate about the skyscrapers planned for Sliema, Mriehel and St Julian’s, one issue has been left out of the discussion completely: who is going to build them? We are well aware by...

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