TMID Editorial: Another hunting referendum
Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 10:17
Last update: about 5 years ago
The CEO of BirdLife Malta has made it clear that the NGO is working towards holding a second referendum to abolish spring hunting. What is still not known is when this will be held. In an...
TMIS Editorial: Getting rid of Muscat’s shadow
Sunday, 17 July 2022, 11:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Robert Abela has for long been trying to distance himself from Joseph Muscat. He does not do it openly, and would never admit it if he were to be asked, but the decisions he has taken send the...
TMID Editorial: Doing just the bare minimum
Saturday, 16 July 2022, 09:46
Last update: about 5 years ago
It was, on the face of it, good news to see that Malta had implemented a European directive which means that fathers will be receiving 10 days paid leave on the birth of their child – rather...
TMID Editorial - Standards committee: Who watches the watchmen?
Friday, 15 July 2022, 10:08
Last update: about 5 years ago
A recommendation put forward by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) would see the Speaker replaced by a retired judge on Parliament’s standards committee, while the...
TMID Editorial: Of fireworks, safety and noise
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 10:07
Last update: about 5 years ago
A former politician with a penchant for fireworks, Godfrey Farrugia, has told us that the fact that no people were seriously injured when a fireworks factory exploded in June shows that the health and...
TMID Editorial: Fast ferry fiasco
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 09:14
Last update: about 5 years ago
The initial idea was to use the word “failure” instead of “fiasco” to complete the alliteration in the headline, but maybe we should give some more time until we describe it as...
TMID Editorial: Politicians and their work
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 10:32
Last update: about 5 years ago
We are currently experiencing the age of televised Parliamentary sessions and, although this has helped journalists cover the sessions more easily, it has also brought about a new platform for...
TMID Editorial: Running roughshod over the community
Monday, 11 July 2022, 11:10
Last update: about 5 years ago
Every single prospective politician – without fail – has at some point or another spoken about how much they value the interests of the community and of the public at large, and about how...
TMIS Editorial: The IVF law’s political ramifications
Sunday, 10 July 2022, 11:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Before rising for the summer recess – after less than two months of sittings and earlier than usually happens – Parliament approved amendments to the IVF law, which sees the introduction...