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Free market and climate warming

Thursday, 23 March 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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...

Terrified of the truth

Sunday, 19 March 2023, 07:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“There is no need for a public inquiry,” Robert Abela insisted. Jean Paul Sofia’s family is pleading for a public inquiry to reveal the circumstances leading to his horrific death....

Making sense in all the confusion

Sunday, 19 March 2023, 06:57 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Many, myself included, are today finding it difficult to assimilate all that has been happening these past days with regards to the hospitals issue. In one and the same day, on Thursday, one had...

Colonialism

Thursday, 16 March 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

As shown by the controversies (most of them interesting and provocative) that continue about colonialism, this subject is still considered as important by the former colonised and the former...

Financial reforms

Monday, 13 March 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

The financial services framework of regulations and incentives, it has been announced, is due for an upcoming reform. It will be interesting to evaluate the thrust of the proposed changes. Clearly...

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