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The elephant-pigs in the room

Sunday, 9 April 2023, 08:10 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

One might be forgiven to think otherwise, but Politics is not a soap opera. Even if the big-leaguers in the local political pond seem to think that they need bread and circuses to keep afloat. It is a...

Tourism and climate change

Sunday, 9 April 2023, 07:57 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Nature does not negotiate as to its impacts. At the appropriate natural time, pun intended, it unleashes its fury on all, without discrimination. This is illustrated on a regular basis with every...

Only money counts

Sunday, 9 April 2023, 07:55 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

Over the last 40 years Malta was transformed.  The sheer immensity of that change is disconcerting. Malta shifted radically from a situation where politics was paramount to one where only money...

The real threat

Sunday, 9 April 2023, 06:54 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

We keep risking missing the trees for the leaves – focusing on what is not important and missing out what is really important. The mainstream media has a tremendous importance in this...

Policy statements

Thursday, 6 April 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

Statements that define a new policy or the updating of one are by their very nature an important milestone in the operations of a government. They describe the aims that government is laying out for...

A country of developers?

Thursday, 6 April 2023, 07:38 Last update: about 4 years ago Michael Briguglio

In a press release about property sales issued last Monday, the Malta Developers Association (MDA) stated that “despite the doom and gloom of some media quarters, the figures for February show...

Debates

Monday, 3 April 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

In any parliamentary democracy, debates are a fundamental node around which matters turn. One side presents the government’s position to explain the direction it has taken and the targets it has...

Bye-bye to the 48-hour arrest rule

Sunday, 2 April 2023, 09:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

There is never a dull moment in Malta, thanks to our government that makes us the laughing-stock of all Europe. Government’s attack on civil liberties continues unabated. A new chapter is being...

The role of members of Parliament

Sunday, 2 April 2023, 08:54 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week I requested the Auditor General to investigate the appointment of the Honourable Rosianne Cutajar as a consultant to the Chief Executive Office of the Institute for Tourism Studies...

Labour’s Great Stink

Sunday, 2 April 2023, 08:33 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

In 1855 the famous scientist, Michael Faraday, best known for his work on electricity, wrote a letter to The Times. He complained about the unbearable stench emanating from the River Thames into which...

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