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The politics of isolation: Is Gozo getting a fair deal?

Sunday, 13 April 2025, 08:45 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo sits on the fringes of national conversation - its name gets mentioned in campaigns, yet it's routinely left to fend for itself. Promises made during election time flow like honey, but then the...

25 years of saving lives

Sunday, 13 April 2025, 08:41 Last update: about 2 years ago Darren Carabott

What would you take with you, if the house were on fire? It's a common mental exercise designed to determine what objects we value most in life, with the aim to perhaps extrapolate from our choices,...

Climate change: a reality ignored by Vision 2050

Sunday, 13 April 2025, 08:40 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

In the forward to Vision 2050 both Prime Minister Robert Abela and Economy Minister Silvio Schembri emphasise that the country needs a long-term vision. It is good that they have taken up...

Make jaywalking an offence

Sunday, 13 April 2025, 07:51 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Like me, many out there must have at some time been driving when, suddenly, somebody lost in attentively looking at his mobile, decided to cross the main road without even bothering to look up to...

Civil war in the party

Sunday, 13 April 2025, 07:20 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

Last weekend the Labour media came out with all flags fluttering: the PN are once again fighting each other, it's civil war again, they said. What occasioned the outburst was an attack by...

The PN digs deeper

Friday, 11 April 2025, 09:02 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

It is often said that history repeats itself. Within the Nationalist Party, this is certainly the case. Last Sunday, Dr. Kevin Cassar, a failed PN election candidate and a hugely...

Geologists: Unfairly denied professional status

Friday, 11 April 2025, 09:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

One finds such professions and skills as conservators, restorers, energy performance of building assessors, private guards, nutritionists, probation officers, tourist guides, builders, real estate...

Quality of life

Thursday, 10 April 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

Much is frequently proclaimed about how the important goal in public management and private life is not the acheivement of economic growth but the extent to which this contributes to a better quality...

Less revenue

Monday, 7 April 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

The question was raised regarding the apparent drastic decrease in government income tax revenues during the month of February compared to those of the same month last year. Did this happen because of...

Malta a Mafia State

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 09:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Aquilina

The state of Malta enjoys at least five constitutional statuses: independent (September 1964), republican (December 1974), free (March 1979), neutral and non-aligned (January 1987), and - more...

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