The Malta Independent 5 August 2026, Wednesday
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TMID Editorial: Tax collection and PN populism

Friday, 14 January 2022, 09:18 Last update: about 6 years ago

The state is owed six billion euro in taxes and the Opposition has the gall to criticise the finance minister for saying that companies can no longer get away with not paying tax. This at a time...

TMID Editorial: When politicians speak

Thursday, 13 January 2022, 09:42 Last update: about 6 years ago

It is good that politicians, in particular ministers, speak up when they see something wrong in matters not directly related to their responsibilities. When they do, they would be going beyond...

TMID Editorial: Two great men

Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 10:28 Last update: about 6 years ago

Malta has lost two giants of a man in a matter of days. Between Christmas and New Year, we learnt of the sudden demise of cardiologist Albert Fenech and the traffic accident which would, one week...

TMID Editorial: 2022 elections and the challenges ahead

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 08:14 Last update: about 6 years ago

The 2022 election will see two new party leaders face each other. Neither has contested a general election as leader of their party. The past two years have seen a lot of changes made. Joseph...

TMID Editorial: The politics of favours

Monday, 10 January 2022, 14:14 Last update: about 6 years ago

It took one of Malta’s new MPs who wasn’t a career politician to speak out about something which we know happens on an all-too-common basis in Maltese politics. Oliver Scicluna, who...

TMIS Editorial: When a priest preaches hate

Sunday, 9 January 2022, 11:00 Last update: about 6 years ago

When a priest preaches hate, you know that there’s something very, very wrong.  When a priest says that being gay is worse than being possessed by a demon, you know that we still have a...

TMID Editorial: More information needed on virus

Thursday, 6 January 2022, 09:10 Last update: about 6 years ago

The government has finally given a sliver of information about the presence of the omicron variant of Covid-19. In a tweet last Monday, Health Minister Chris Fearne said that two thirds of the...

TMID Editorial: Abela’s disregard of democracy

Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 08:39 Last update: about 6 years ago

Robert Abela has done it again. Once more since he took over the reins of the country from Joseph Muscat, he has shown total disregard to the democratic process. It was announced on Monday...

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