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Land use planning reform: the contrasting alternatives

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:15 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The current debate on the changes required to the land use planning system is following two completely different and incompatible paths. The government's chosen path is one which considers the...

One day

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 07:51 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

One day, sooner or later, all this will be reversed. "Dream on," I hear you say. If I am wrong, and you are right, that's very bad news for our island. For the processes now raging will...

Reminisces of a former public prosecutor (Part II)

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 07:20 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Jurors coming from the general public and all walks of life do not reason through problems and issues the way that lawyers and judges do. That is why I used to diligently hone and maximise my...

A decisive Prime Minister

Friday, 1 August 2025, 09:03 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

Malta will not be alone in recognising the State of Palestine next September and will be joining another 10 EU member states who have already recognised the State of Palestine. Out of these ten...

The Maltese summer

Thursday, 31 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

A friend who like me also carries the load of many years on his back said: I don't understand why they make all the fuss that has become so widespread, about how hot the weather has become. I always...

The loss of manufcaturing

Monday, 28 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

If there's one issue about which I sympathise with the aims of the Trump administration in the US, it's the importance Trump attaches to manufacturing industry, both in terms of the national interest...

Helping you kill yourself

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:25 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

Wednesday 2 July marked the end of the period for public consultation on the possible introduction of assisted suicide, which Labour calls euthanasia. "Numerous", "voluminous" submissions were...

Manikata’s broken artery threatens every journey to Gozo

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:23 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Drivers proceed through the quiet outskirts of Żebbiegħ, crest the ridge that watches over Golden Bay, loop round the resort roundabout, skim the cliff above Għajn Tuffieħa,...

The Maltese government: a bystander to genocide

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:22 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Aquilina

The Maltese government is a bystander to genocide as it remains completely passive and totally indifferent to the genocide of the Gazans by the state of Israel. The Maltese government is perfectly...

From heat waves to flooding: time to get serious

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:13 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The current heat wave is a clear indication that the earth is heating up at an ever-increasing rate. The 1.5-degree Celsius limit above pre-industrial global mean temperature level agreed to at the...

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