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A scientific measure

Monday, 22 August 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

That climate warming is a phenomenon which is really happening has now been accepted by practically everybody. Those who remain in denial have become a minority that is almost totally discredited. On...

Manipulated co-optation

Sunday, 21 August 2022, 09:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

Kristy Debono was not given her government appointment because of “her professional and academic expertise” as she contends. Frank Psaila wasn’t put on three government boards...

Reinvigorating traditional fishing through a modern approach

Sunday, 21 August 2022, 09:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Alicia Bugeja Said

Earlier this week, the Government launched a pilot project with the aim of re-introducing a traditional fishing method in Malta and Gozo.  This technique, known as “imrejkba”, is one...

Misrule of law: a daily occurrence

Sunday, 21 August 2022, 08:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Misrule of law is endemic in Maltese society. It is constitutive of the politician’s DNA. It is so much ingrained in a politician’s psyche, that it is more than a habit or hobby: it is...

Some budgetary considerations

Sunday, 21 August 2022, 08:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

This is the time when the finance ministry gears up to prepare next year’s budget, which is normally presented sometime in October. The Hon Minister for Finance has apparently already...

Suburb of Damascus

Sunday, 21 August 2022, 07:40 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Those who have been following what I write know that for a number of months, if not years, I have been expressing worry about the overall situation of Hamrun, the town where I was born and where I...

Preserving our national heritage

Friday, 19 August 2022, 15:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

Restoration of our national patrimony is our duty.  We are rich in cultural heritage and this fact imposes on us a greater obligation to be efficient and productive in our approach. We do...

The unanimity rule

Thursday, 18 August 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Strong efforts are being deployed to rein back in one way or another the unanimity rule covering a number of EU policy areas.  Among those singled out, one finds taxation, foreign and defence...

Fisheries: two segments

Monday, 15 August 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Though comparatively small, the fisheries sector in Malta is divided into two segments. One consists of the big enterprises which catch and fatten big fish, mainly tuna. The other consists of...

Police stations

Sunday, 14 August 2022, 09:45 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

There’s a whole environmental psychology and semiology to police stations, and one that has been studied academically, so writing about this not just a rushed opinion or a Sunday rant. And...

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