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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...

The Nomenklatura of kleptocracy

Sunday, 2 April 2023, 07:55 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

This is not an exercise in tongue twisters, nor an exercise to get you digging out your dictionaries. It is, as I see it, an exact description of Malta today. Nomenklatura is a word coming from...

MUZIKA MUZIKA: what a success!

Friday, 31 March 2023, 16:02 Last update: about 4 years ago Owen Bonnici

The third edition of Mużika Mużika has come to a close, with SABIĦA, performed by Gianluca Bezzina, composed by Philip Vella, and written by Joe Julian Farrugia, being declared as the...

National loyalties

Thursday, 30 March 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

In the normal run of how European affairs get sorted out, one  can listen to lots of beuatiful delarations being made about European values and the importance of a European vision that keeps...

Role for a senate?

Monday, 27 March 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

Malta is one of the few countries with a unicameral Parliament. We have no Senate or an institution which could function as such. It was not always like so. At times when the Parliament’s...

The forgotten El Hiblu 1 case

Sunday, 26 March 2023, 08:59 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Two days from today, on 28 March 2023, four years would have elapsed since three teenagers were arrested in Malta for alleged terrorist charges in relation to an incident that took place during March...

Greenwashing

Sunday, 26 March 2023, 08:52 Last update: about 4 years ago Mary Muscat

The Santa Lucija judgement, delivered on 15 March, did not just overturn a badly concluded and short-sighted EPRT decision. It gave the power back to ignored residents and interested third parties...

The unsung heroes at the NAO

Sunday, 26 March 2023, 08:48 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

Never have so many owed so much to so few. Against all odds, the diligent quiet officials at the National Audit Office (NAO) worked tirelessly, overcoming Labour’s obstruction, stonewalling and...

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