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What separated the parties

Sunday, 6 February 2022, 10:11 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

Balzan councillor Andre’ Grech has resigned from the PN.  Why? Because the party failed to punish Therese Comodini Cachia for criticising former leader Adrian Delia. “I cannot be part...

Abela’s bread: buttered on both sides!

Sunday, 6 February 2022, 09:08 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Robert Abela is the current billboard boy of the PN. The PN’s campaign, all over their billboards, however, only emphasises part of the real story: it is focused on Abela’s wealth...

Helicopter money

Sunday, 6 February 2022, 08:09 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

It is easy for the Opposition and the independents in the middle to raise mock horror after Robert Abela’s announcement of forthcoming cheques for workers and pensioners totalling some €70...

What’s happening with our taxes?

Saturday, 5 February 2022, 07:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

Tax refunds and cash injections make a good sound bite but when you chew on it a bit you soon see that they are nothing more than a smoke-screen and done to prevent the correction of the real disease...

Politics which puts people at the very centre

Friday, 4 February 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

As from the first day of this current month, a total of 95,000 pensioners, 53,000 workers and 15,000 students started to benefit from a global and total increase of more than €56 million worth of...

Digital investments

Thursday, 3 February 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

In the US, President Joe Biden is promoting the project of heavy investments in the digital sectors. He wants the country to recover its full technological capacity (if it has ever lost it) in order...

What motivates voters?

Thursday, 3 February 2022, 07:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Briguglio

As Malta’s national elections are approaching, one should consider what motivates voters.  An analysis of the Maltese context must give due weight to the country’s characteristics as...

Abela too comfortable to mend Labour’s mistakes

Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 08:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Peter Agius

The news this week that PM Abela was on a retainer from the Planning Authority amounting to €17,000 per month compounds what thousands of Maltese have been observing for a while now. The Labour...

Buying loyalty

Monday, 31 January 2022, 08:05 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“The Ombudsman criticises us every year,” Civil Service head Mario Cutajar accused, “but he should be clearer about his own standards on persons of trust”.  The former GWU...

Subsidies

Monday, 31 January 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Subsidies are not well seen. They are considered as a method by which state funds get diverted to keep inefficient operations going while serving the interests of the few at the expense of the common...

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