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TMID Editorial: A worrying situation in Sliema

Friday, 31 March 2023, 13:02 Last update: about 4 years ago

A video recently shared by the Sliema Local Council showing a group of youths pushing one other, and forming a circle as two of them fight was quite alarming. But this doesn’t seem to have...

TMID Editorial: An important appeal

Thursday, 30 March 2023, 13:01 Last update: about 4 years ago

Earlier this week, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry made an appeal to the political class, to take note of the serious repercussions of poor standards of governance and unethical...

TMID Editorial: Priests, (traffic) and funerals

Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 12:06 Last update: about 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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...

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