The Malta Independent 23 July 2026, Thursday
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Clueless Claudette

Sunday, 5 May 2024, 08:07 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

“Listen to how they speak,” Claudette Abela Baldacchino roared, referring to the PN. “They are lying that the national debt is rising, when today the national debt is 20% lower than...

Hallelujah! We have the noblest-hearted Prime Minister

Sunday, 5 May 2024, 08:05 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

Our Prime Minister might never win a Nobel prize. But he should definitely be on the way to being hailed as our national saint. Move over San Gorg Preca. Now that we have a cardinal in Rome...

Saints and statues, still ruling the national imagination

Sunday, 5 May 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

Earlier this week viewers on Facebook could see a priest, wearing the black church vestment with a gold cross on his breast, hanging precariously on a wooden ladder. In perfect silence he was...

When a comment completely crosses a big red line

Friday, 3 May 2024, 14:26 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

The Opposition’s choice for the Education Ministry, Justin Schembri, believes that Indians are to be equated with “filth and shabbiness” which, in his view, are taking over our...

Are banks providing service?

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Banks in this country are increasingly being obligated to follow and observe procedures regarding how to run their financial systems according to regulations set by the EU. For them, this involves...

AI’s potential in domestic violence cases

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 07:27 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

The latest data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) shows that the number of people seeking support services for domestic violence is increasing, while the vast majority of victims remain women....

Cruel

Monday, 29 April 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Parliamentary democracy is the best tool by which to ensure that the will of the people is being enforced by a government that executes the wishes of the majority of citizens. When well run, democracy...

Regulating the building industry

Sunday, 28 April 2024, 09:01 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Regulating the building industry requires the political will to act in an industry that has repeatedly opposed and defied regulation. Last week’s fatal accident at St Ignatius Junction in Sliema...

Gozo: The tunnel project is dead and buried

Sunday, 28 April 2024, 08:17 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Although the authorities may have shelved the proposed Gozo tunnel project, recent remarks from the CEO of the Gozo Business Chamber - GBC resurrected the issue in a surprising manner. The state of...

An island saddled with political scandals

Sunday, 28 April 2024, 08:14 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Eleven years after the last change in administration, Malta has been mired in a crisis of governance. The conduct of many politicians, public officials, and government institutions was so pervasively...

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