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Governing the policy and strategy on waste

Sunday, 28 June 2020, 07:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Aaron Farrugia

Government has set out a serious roadmap to tackle Malta’s waste management and we intend to deliver this in the coming years. And yet a number of misconceptions and groundless assumptions...

Enough of the spiel!

Saturday, 27 June 2020, 06:58 Last update: about 7 years ago Ivan Bartolo

Years of unbridled and unchecked self-promotion and endless self-congratulatory pats on the back have made the Labour Party oblivious and blind to the very swathes of the electorate it always...

The high and the low road

Saturday, 27 June 2020, 06:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici

There is always in front of us for our choosing, in politics as in other areas of both social and individual activity, a high road and a low road. There are those amongst us who opt for a low...

Collaboration as an antidote to addiction

Friday, 26 June 2020, 07:24 Last update: about 7 years ago

The abuse of substances, particularly illegal drugs, is ever changing. It is a sub-culture of attitudes and behaviours that is often shaped by the dominant culture of instant gratification and quick...

Laying the road for a sustainable future

Thursday, 25 June 2020, 07:27 Last update: about 7 years ago Ian Borg

In the three years since the Labour Party’s election victory back in 2017, we have been working without fail on fulfilling one of the central promises of our electoral campaign – the...

A surreal and Kafkaesque appointment

Thursday, 25 June 2020, 07:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Kevin Aquilina

The latest appointment of the Commissioner of Police is a surreal Kafkaesque appointment right from the beginning till the end. It contributes to the politicisation of the Police Force rather than...

It takes two to tango

Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 08:53 Last update: about 7 years ago

It is sad to note that Government in general and Minister Zammit Lewis in particular, are treating the constitutional issues raised by the Venice Commission in its scathing report on December 2018 as...

Giving politics a bad name

Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 08:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

Countries all around us are presently discussing how to get out of covid-19 while saving jobs and businesses. Instead, we spent the last days learning how politicians allegedly aided the biggest...

No turning back

Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 08:49 Last update: about 7 years ago

Three months on, we are forced to wave goodbye to the old way of life that we took so much for granted. No tears or regrets, just a fond farewell for old times' sake. Now, we can look ahead to the...

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