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CPD personnel: our unsung heroes

Sunday, 5 March 2023, 07:34 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark Said

The global celebration of this day comes in appreciation of the great role played by civil defence and protection agencies to secure people from disasters of any kind and to strengthen the means of...

An attitude that must be changed

Monday, 27 February 2023, 12:48 Last update: about 4 years ago

In my opinion, when we are talking about people who are victims of injustice, we are being despised by those who are privileged. We must continue striving against all odds in the face of the danger...

Tackling the conundrum of the Bill

Sunday, 26 February 2023, 08:58 Last update: about 4 years ago Pierre Mallia

  The Bill to decriminalise abortion when there is danger to life and for certain health and mental health reasons has given rise to controversy. I, too, had pointed out that clarification...

Let’s stop the scourge!

Sunday, 26 February 2023, 08:56 Last update: about 4 years ago

Frankly it has become quite tiring. Nearly every day we wake up to news of some new application for some ridiculously gargantuan development, either smack bang in the middle of a quant town, upsetting...

The true meaning of sustainability and sustainable development

Sunday, 26 February 2023, 07:03 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark Said

Sustainability and sustainable development have been three words regularly, abusively and rhetorically uttered by our politicians during the last few years. The definition of sustainability is not...

Are we still serious about a tourism activity on these Islands?

Sunday, 26 February 2023, 07:02 Last update: about 4 years ago Julian Zarb

In my last article, I wrote about the attitude, lack of hospitality and lack of service in many of our hotels, restaurants and retail outlets. This is no measure for professionalism here. We cannot...

Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association

Sunday, 19 February 2023, 08:56 Last update: about 4 years ago

When your child faces health problems, whether they are short- or long-term, you face many different feelings and challenges as a parent. When our son was three years old, he had his first seizure....

How on earth did the legal profession come into existence?

Sunday, 19 February 2023, 08:53 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark Said

Lawyers all over the world have long been the butt of cruel jokes and anecdotes and have, over the years, not gone down so well with the general public in need to engage their professional services....

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