TMID Editorial: Priests, (traffic) and funerals
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 12:06
Last update: about 24 minutes ago
The dwindling number of priests and the ever-increasing traffic problems has pushed the Church authorities to take one drastic action this week. As from Easter Monday, priests will no longer go...
TMID Editorial: Malta feels as though it’s getting smaller
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 11:23
Last update: about 1 day ago
Sometimes it feels as though Malta is getting smaller and smaller. It feels as though there are hardly any outdoor spaces left where one can go to be alone and think, or where one can go with...
TMID Editorial: The need for accountability
Monday, 27 March 2023, 11:49
Last update: about 2 days ago
There is a lack of accountability in Malta. It becomes evident almost every time there is a major incident or controversy. A recent inquiry into led by Justice Emeritus Geoffrey Valenzia's...
TMIS Editorial: How things changed in a year
Sunday, 26 March 2023, 10:30
Last update: about 3 days ago
The last weekend of March in 2022 was one of euphoria for the Labour Party, as it celebrated its third record consecutive general election victory. Having done even better than his predecessor,...
TMID Editorial: Institutions, but only for some?
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 09:15
Last update: about 4 days ago
The news that a court has ordered the police to investigate Mark Camilleri over his publication of thousands of WhatsApp chats between sitting MP Rosianne Cutajar and alleged Daphne Caruana Galizia...
TMID Editorial: Good governance and transparency
Friday, 24 March 2023, 10:29
Last update: about 5 days ago
The Malta Employers’ Association has stressed the need for better good governance structures, and the government needs to listen. This country cannot continue being dragged into one scandal...
TMID Editorial: Spring hunting
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 13:13
Last update: about 5 days ago
A statement made during an interview with The Malta Independent by PL MEP Alex Agius Saliba over spring hunting has raised eyebrows. “I don’t believe that spring hunting per se...
TMID Editorial: One car grinds Malta to a halt
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 10:40
Last update: about 7 days ago
Someone wrote on the social media that he was unsure whether he would be arriving home for Christmas, and so was taking the opportunity to pass on his greetings to his family and friends. Jokes...
TMID Editorial: A country of protests
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 13:19
Last update: about 7 days ago
Last Saturday, we had two more protests in our streets. Three NGOs - Moviment Graffitti, Friends of the Earth Malta, and Rota - held a lie-in in front of Parliament to highlight the real cost of...
TMID Editorial: Contractor licensing law is a good start
Monday, 20 March 2023, 11:27
Last update: about 9 days ago
Last week, the government published the long-awaited framework for the licensing of construction contractors – a law which will see contractors have to be registered and granted a licence in...