Parallels never converge: Muscat and Metsola
Sunday, 26 March 2023, 08:45
Last update: about 4 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
It came as no surprise that Keith Schembri was directly involved in the Vitals/Steward messy concession, “probably the messiest situation [Steward president Armin Ernst] s[aw] in [his]...
The coast and coastal areas belong to all of us
Sunday, 26 March 2023, 08:44
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The recent publication of the EIA for what is commonly referred to as the Villa Rosa project at St George’s Bay St Julian’s brings us back to the dB Pembroke project debate as well as the...
Rosianne and Stormy Daniels
Sunday, 26 March 2023, 08:37
Last update: about 4 years ago
Noel Grima
On one and the same day this week, two massive caches of conversations were released to the public. In one the adult film star (what we could call porn star) Stormy Daniels sent a judge the...
Determination
Friday, 24 March 2023, 08:37
Last update: about 4 years ago
Owen Bonnici
We promised to re-launch the cultural sector with enthusiasm after the pandemic, and we certainly kept our word. Exactly 12 months ago we promised to firmly restart the culture sector and we did...
Free market and climate warming
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
Can the struggle against climate warming be won by relying uniquely on market forces to generate the investments and products required for this to happen? At first, some believed that yes, this...
PL/PN crossroads
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 07:42
Last update: about 4 years ago
Michael Briguglio
The past weeks of hospital controversy have been rather problematic for the Labour Government, whilst windows of opportunity were opened for the Nationalist Opposition. Indeed, the latest...
Clientelism
Monday, 20 March 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
Clientelism, plague though it is, has been practised and discussed in the context of Maltese politics for as long as I have been following the subject, and no doubt, much before that. As of when I...
PBS and its perennial partiality
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 09:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
The judgment of the Constitutional Court of 27 February 2023 in the names Partit Nazzjonalista v. Awtorita tax-Xandir et which found PBS Ltd. (hereafter PBS) in breach of its constitutional and legal...
Bluefin Tuna - A fish saved, a quota earned
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 08:36
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alicia Bugeja Said
Obtaining the largest increase in tuna fishing quota in years, was not only a hard-earned win on behalf of our resilient fishers, but also a unique opportunity for us to chart a new course of growth...
Licensing the construction industry
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 07:53
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Watching the collapse of the structure which killed Jean-Paul Sofia sends shock waves through every bit of my body each time I catch a split-second glimpse of the relative video. The magisterial...