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Budget 2025 – Gozo left in the shadows yet again

Sunday, 10 November 2024, 08:03 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The 2025 budget has left Gozitans disheartened, furthering doubts about Gozo's place in Malta's vision for the future. Despite repeated promises, this budget brings no relief to the island's...

What a missed opportunity!

Sunday, 10 November 2024, 08:02 Last update: about 3 years ago Darren Carabott

Robert Abela blew it, again. He had all the chance in the world to really show his political prowess and stature as a leader, and address the elephant in the room. This Budget 2025 process could have...

People before cars: the 15-minute city

Sunday, 10 November 2024, 07:58 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Traffic congestion cannot be addressed through the provision of more roads and flyovers. These measures generate more traffic, as has been repeatedly shown by studies carried out all over the world....

After Trump’s overwhelming victory

Sunday, 10 November 2024, 07:55 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

Some people especially in this side of the world have reacted in the blackest of ways to Donald Trump's second election as if it was a catastrophe of the first order. They should have seen it...

Let us save the iconic luzzu

Sunday, 10 November 2024, 07:51 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Would you for one moment imagine the red double-deckers or the black London taxis no longer passing through the roads of the English capital, or the black gondolas no longer plying the narrow Venetian...

The future is bright

Friday, 8 November 2024, 11:14 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

Budget 2025 received positive feedback for it focused on bread-and-butter issues and addressed peoples' concerns. The tax cuts were historical and unprecedented, and they will make a significant...

Tempests in the Mediterranean

Thursday, 7 November 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Not so long ago, after having narrowly avoided the Maltese islands, a huge tempest hit the Libyan coast and inflicted enormous damage there, while hundreds of people lost their lives. Powerful...

What to believe

Monday, 4 November 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

It's not only governments which are affected by the problem; it exists in the private sector as well. Public relations have gained such a salience in certain corporations that some put them at the...

Abela’s thuggery

Sunday, 3 November 2024, 08:44 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

Everybody knows Jason Azzopardi's car number, according to Robert Abela. Most people don't even know their own car number, let alone Jason Azzopardi's. Autocrats have always told lies, so Abela's...

PN’s crossroads: Bold leadership or fading future?

Sunday, 3 November 2024, 08:41 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Adrian Delia's leadership of the Nationalist Party (PN) sparked intense debate, marked by internal conflicts and external legal battles. Despite being democratically elected by party members, Delia's...

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