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Mother Nature – combating climate change

Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 10:07 Last update: about 10 years ago George M Mangion

Climate change by definition is a process which may be caused by a number of factors including natural, be it geologic, oceanographic and atmospheric events and human-induced factors, the most...

Appointment of two state officers

Monday, 20 November 2017, 09:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Today article 91(1) of Constitution provides that the Attorney General is appointed by the ‘President acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister’. In terms of article 85(1)...

We have the right to expect better

Sunday, 19 November 2017, 09:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Peter Fenech

Circumstances dictate that occasionally you pen a different article to that originally thought out. This is one of those occasions – the situation is desperate and playing deaf or blind is no...

The destruction of Malta's heritage areas

Sunday, 19 November 2017, 08:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Astrid Vella

Malta is particular in many ways, but it is definitely unique in Europe for the way it is systematically destroying our rich heritage with all the fervour of an ISIS gang.  The authorities have...

Our Mediterranean dimension

Sunday, 19 November 2017, 08:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

Due to our geographical position and our vibrant historical past that brings cultures together, Malta will continue to give the Mediterranean dimension top priority and to reaffirm the long-standing...

Pulling the same rope

Saturday, 18 November 2017, 09:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Silvio Schembri

Silvio Schembri The long- awaited Pana committee report was finally published, and its conclusions did not come as a surprise, as they echoed what this Government has been insisting all along:...

Opinion: Two weeks since Daphne’s funeral… Hands off!

Friday, 17 November 2017, 10:27 Last update: about 10 years ago

Vicki Ann Cremona Two weeks have passed since Daphne’s funeral and Malta has received a thorough whamming by the European Parliament on the laxity of the rule of law in the country. The...

The Labour Party: Strengthening the Rule of Law

Friday, 17 November 2017, 08:02 Last update: about 10 years ago Aleander Balzan

Anyone who would like to seriously discuss rule of law in Malta must first compare the situation today with the way it was in March 2013.  Only then would they be able to pass fair judgment...

For party and country, a matter of trust and unity

Friday, 17 November 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Edwin Vassallo

The Muscat administration is sinking in a sea of dishonesty. Even though it won last June’s election, it has just been humiliated in Strasbourg and with it all our country’s reputation has...

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