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An island falling apart

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 09:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“We have a culture of impunity - impunity is entrenched, systemic and goes from top to bottom.  Those at the very top show blatant disregard and contempt for the rule of law.  They...

Of Schengen, Cowboys, Pillow, and Pirates

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 09:50 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Dear Editor,  This week I want to write about chaos – chaos in Malta’s application of Schengen, chaos in permits, grammatical chaos – but somehow I hesitate. Because whereas the...

Ethical pluralism: the next steps

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 08:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Malta’s divorce referendum in 2011 reinforced ethical pluralism in the Maltese islands. The intensive debate on civil rights, IVF and abortion are a direct result of the divorce referendum....

Will they heed the warning signs?

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 07:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

This past week has been characterised, in my opinion, by at least two significant statements by two prominent and long-standing icons of the Labour Party, Manwel Cuschieri and Jason...

Change

Friday, 17 June 2022, 07:42 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

Change does not come about easily. It is the result of hard work, commitment, and courage.  It is also the result of determination and a vision based on a belief that a better reality and a...

Rocks in the shadow

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

New buildings are being allowed to climb high so they can throw their shadow everywhere. This reminds me of a play written long ago by my friend Lino Farrugia, titled “Rocks without...

Reflecting on neutrality

Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 08:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

The success of Malta’s future neutrality policy will depend, to a large extent, on the wisdom and prudence of its politicians. In periods of great turmoil, as the one we are experiencing now,...

Not looking good

Monday, 13 June 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Stories about how court cases are being processed and about police investigations or their lack, arouse disquiet beyond the political controversies they give rise to. Especially if little to no...

Evarist’s secrets

Sunday, 12 June 2022, 10:15 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“Are the Labour and Nationalist Parties looking into why so many of their erstwhile voters are so disenchanted?”, Evarist Bartolo, former Labour Education minister wrote in an opinion...

Transport Malta: incompetence or collusion?

Sunday, 12 June 2022, 09:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Throughout the past days the media has revealed a second-hand car racket as a result of which some of the used cars imported from Japan had their mileage meters tampered with. This was done in order...

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