Is the government making good for its environmental errors?
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 09:06
Last update: about 11 years ago
From the Zonqor Point controversy to its support for spring hunting and autumn trapping, and from the use of Outside Development Zone land to the demerger of the former Malta Environment and Planning...
Editorial: Politics - Respecting the media
Saturday, 22 October 2016, 09:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
It has become a habit for this government to call a press conference minutes before it is due to start. With traffic being what it is – we do not own helicopters – it is hard to arrive in...
Budget 2017 in the light of S&P’s upgrade
Thursday, 20 October 2016, 09:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Those who would want to understand what is happening in Malta especially with regards to the Budget for 2017 announced by the Government this week would do well to contextualize their reading with the...
Editorial: Budget 2017 - Socially minded but ignores middle class
Tuesday, 18 October 2016, 07:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
The way the Budget Speech was written, and read, makes it extremely difficult to assess it holistically. One has to take a step back and try and get an overview to try and assess what are the Budget...
The hunting lobby’s never-ending audacity
Sunday, 16 October 2016, 09:15
Last update: about 11 years ago
How dare the government give rural areas to children instead of hunters? This was the gist of the reaction of the country’s main hunting lobby yesterday to the news that the government has...
Another art controversy blows up
Saturday, 15 October 2016, 09:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Every so many years, our community gets a sudden, big, explosion of an art controversy and, while not being experts in the field, we enjoy seeing so many eminent persons squabbling like mud wrestlers,...