There they go, making an even bigger mess of Malta
Sunday, 23 August 2015, 11:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Prime Minister was out in Marsascala yesterday, backed by a line-up of goons and in the company of Ray Demicoli, the architect on the University of Baksheesh project, who was looking extremely...
While we sleep on…
Sunday, 23 August 2015, 10:47
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
I will be extra careful today because while I will be writing on what I consider the most topical issue, I do not want to get involved in any way that may cloud judgement in the Joe Sammut...
In tourism – small is beautiful too
Sunday, 23 August 2015, 10:34
Last update: about 10 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
First published in 1973, Ernst Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered has always presented a challenge to politicians and economic planners. It contrasts to, and in...
Who will they blame next?
Saturday, 22 August 2015, 09:08
Last update: about 10 years ago
Rachel Borg
Not since Luis Suarez helped himself to a nip of Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup have we seen such tantrums on pitch as we did with Jose’ Mourinho’s outburst at his medical...
Deflating Muscat
Friday, 21 August 2015, 10:18
Last update: about 10 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Children love summer. They simply love to play by the sea, in the sea and on the sand. Many go to the sea loaded with bright-coloured plastic buckets, spades, castles, and of course, the inflatable...
Surrogate mothers, population increase and neo-liberal positions
Friday, 21 August 2015, 07:51
Last update: about 10 years ago
Simon Mercieca
In the last few days, there were two news items which interested me. The first one was the General Workers Union’s proposal expressing the need for the Maltese to start procreating again if we...
Land use
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 18:24
Last update: about 10 years ago
Alfred Sant
Land in Malta is the scarcest and most valuable resource. Clear limitations should exist regarding what percentage of land available is to be allocated to developent. With time, the demand for...
Institutionalised corruption
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 14:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
There is no way that former Labour Party treasurer and electoral candidate Joe Sammut could have done what he has been doing without a network of support from individuals, unpaid but more likely paid,...
Love and let go
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 12:58
Last update: about 10 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
The welfare safety net in our country is something we should be proud of, and I suppose most of us are. Whilst we can argue till we turn blue in the face that we need additional resources to...
Coughing up €360 million
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 11:18
Last update: about 10 years ago
Gejtu Vella
The Feast of the Assumption, in common parlance, known as “Il-Festa ta’ Santa Maria” which was celebrated last Saturday is intertwined in our socio-economic, religious, historical,...