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What a scandal! 50,000 non-Maltese

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 08:07 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

That was, if I can be permitted to say so, a scandal-mongering of a header – “There are 50,000 non-Maltese on the island”. In itself it was not much of a story – it...

Putting culture into our future

Friday, 20 January 2023, 08:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

What do the renovation projects which transformed the former Old Abattoir (now operating as the Valletta Design Cluster), Fort St Angelo and Fort St Elmo, the Auberge d’Italie (now operating as...

They rise and stick

Thursday, 19 January 2023, 07:55 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Prime Minister Robert Abela correctly highlighted how some businesses might be taking advantage of the current inflationary situation to up the prices of their products needlessly, or to increase...

The Ombudsman and Standards Commissioner deadlock

Thursday, 19 January 2023, 07:34 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Briguglio

The controversy surrounding the appointment of a new Ombudsman and a Standards Commissioner smells more of partisan entrenchment than constructive politics. Neither major political party should...

Removing the stain

Monday, 16 January 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Members of the group of socialists and democrats in the European Parliament face the problem of how they’re going to remove the stain which they have had to carry as a result of the Qatar...

A defective anti-deadlock mechanism for the Standards Commissioner

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 09:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

By means of Bill No. 34 of 27 December 2022, the Standards in Public Life (Amendment) Act, 2022, government is proposing to the House of Representatives the addition of an anti-deadlock mechanism to...

New year, new routines

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 09:45 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

The beginning of January saw the change in the household litter collection system and a new police uniform. It takes some significant adjustment to alter such the public’s staple images and...

How voters elect serial fabricators

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 08:49 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

We half expect politicians to lie but we don’t expect them to lie about everything.  We don’t expect them to invent their entire lives. Maybe we should. Because George Santos, a newly...

To Labourites

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 08:47 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Who doesn’t remember Joseph Muscat and his Amazing Rainbow-Colour Dreamcoat? It was more or less ten years ago when the Burmarrad Wonderboy mesmerised the nation.  He promised a Brave New...

A nuclear reactor in Sicily?

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 07:51 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

During the recent 2022 electoral campaign, the issue of nuclear energy in neighbouring Italy has resurfaced in the political debate. Matteo Salvini, currently Minister for the Infrastructure and...

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