A dereliction of duty
Sunday, 1 September 2024, 08:04
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
Our police corps is failing at the very basics. Not long ago, we read how a foreigner complained of poor treatment by the police when they dismissed him when he tried to file a report. That was...
We told you it would not work
Sunday, 1 September 2024, 07:59
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
This week Caritas released a report called A Minimum Essential Budget for a Decent Living - 2024. It revealed that food expenses dominate the financial burden on low-income families in Malta,...
Saving
Friday, 30 August 2024, 08:51
Last update: about 3 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Significant restoration and underground consolidation works are currently in progress at the historic Church of the Annunciation, located in the picturesque area known as tal-Għolja in...
A militarised Europe
Thursday, 29 August 2024, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
Europe... or better say the EU... is getting increasingly militarised. This is happening on the NATO front and directly via own programmes by the Union. In the NATO framework, the commitment for...
The case for an NHRI
Thursday, 29 August 2024, 07:15
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
Browsing through the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions' (NHRIs) website, I regrettably noted that Malta was conspicuous by its absence from its membership list of National...
Close to the people
Monday, 26 August 2024, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
A claim that is commonly shared by all politiciains is that they have stayed and will stay “close to the people”. To be honest, I find it somewhat confused as a statement. In a small...
Sustainable tourism at the crossroads
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 08:39
Last update: about 3 years ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
"Malta is fast reaching maximum capacity for tourists and the country has probably been 'too successful' at attracting low-spending concertgoers and cruise liner visitors," Malta Hotels and...
The conflict of interest of Members of Parliament
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 08:37
Last update: about 3 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The press has reported that Labour Member of Parliament Katya Degiovanni has been appointed as a consultant to the Ministry of Social Policy and Children's Rights. It is not clear as to what she will...
Abela’s secret conference
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 08:27
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's dictator declared victory in the recent general elections. Few outside his country believed him. The US state department declared the Opposition leader, Edmundo...
Yes, everybody hates lawyers
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 07:53
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
"The first thing we do is, let's kill all the lawyers." It's said by a character called Dick the Butcher in Act IV, Scene II, of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part II, which ostensibly was written...