TMIS Editorial: A Parliamentary travesty
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 11:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
What we witnessed on Wednesday with Gavin Gulia’s lightning-fast resignation from Parliament was a slap in the face of our democratic system. It was a devious chess game played by the...
TMID Editorial: Covid-19 - The elderly and their mental health
Saturday, 16 January 2021, 08:13
Last update: about 7 years ago
With more than 4,500 elderly people living in residential care homes, the government should be doing a lot more to ensure that their mental health and mental wellbeing are being looked after. The...
TMID Editorial: Breach of ethics – Law should be changed
Friday, 15 January 2021, 08:17
Last update: about 7 years ago
One of the first laws enacted by the Labour government under Joseph Muscat in 2013 was that to remove the statute of limitations on cases of corruption involving politicians. Through this law,...
TMID Editorial: Covid Carnival - Let’s not fail another test
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 09:02
Last update: about 7 years ago
The current spike in Covid-19 cases has been directly attributed to private social gatherings during the Christmas and New Year period, where many chose to ignore the advice given by the health...
TMID Editorial: Vacation leave - 24 days, not 27
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 08:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
So much confusion surrounded the number of days workers will be entitled to as vacation leave this year, and the years to come. The government tried to score cheap political points on this...
TMID Editorial: The next election - Determining factors
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 08:46
Last update: about 7 years ago
There are many questions surrounding the next general election. While 2022 will mark five years since the 2017 election, it is not unheard of that a government would call one early. Prime...
TMID Editorial: Malta’s economy - Recovery and the future
Monday, 11 January 2021, 07:54
Last update: about 7 years ago
The Covid-19 pandemic was one of those events nobody could have seen coming. As such, the impact on world economies was massive. In Malta, the impact on the tourism industry had a ripple effect...
TMIS Editorial: Muscat sanctions - A flawed argument
Sunday, 10 January 2021, 11:16
Last update: about 7 years ago
The government representatives on the parliamentary committee for standards in public life are arguing that former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat should not be sanctioned over his role in the granting...
TMID Editorial: Trump - Taking 2021 America to 80s Malta
Friday, 8 January 2021, 08:45
Last update: about 7 years ago
To say that the scenes witnessed on US TV stations on Wednesday were disturbing is a huge understatement. Footage of heavily armed Donald Trump supporters storming the Capitol – the home of the...