Biden and taxes
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
It seems like the Biden administration has radically altered “its” policies regarding tax on company profits. It has aligned itself almost completely with the proposals of the larger...
The end of Covid
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 07:07
Last update: about 6 years ago
Michael Briguglio
“Hope to have a rehearsal soon…when the situation permits” is the repeated mantra between my bandmates and I in the rock band Fire, whenever we communicate with each other. The...
Mental health is low on the totem pole
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 07:20
Last update: about 6 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
A couple of days ago, I went to visit some friends on a farm situated close to Mt Carmel Hospital. It was around 8pm and the only way to access the venue was by driving up the road leading to Mt...
No biscuits for donkeys
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 07:18
Last update: about 6 years ago
Peter Agius
That is the Maltese saying for several situations where a good opportunity lands on the lap of someone unable to exploit it. Maybe our readers can try to find a proper English translation...
Tradition contrasted with the new
Monday, 12 April 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
At all times, confrontations arise between old customs and ones that might not be new but which already seem different to those of old. The clash is frequently experienced as a tension between...
When the state encourages tax evasion
Sunday, 11 April 2021, 10:19
Last update: about 6 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
In a speech delivered on Monday to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary, made the case for a global minimum tax applicable to multinational corporations...
The battle for Labour’s soul
Sunday, 11 April 2021, 09:20
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
We are living in anomalous times. A year before the next election (assuming it is held on time, whether we are out of the pandemic or not) the party in government seems in doubt how it can come...
Drum roll
Saturday, 10 April 2021, 07:18
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
Our days have become characterized by a series of drum rolls. One announcement after another reaches our social media, news reports, our radio and television shows and our daily...
Surviving at 372.6 km/h
Friday, 9 April 2021, 07:23
Last update: about 6 years ago
Owen Bonnici
I had long given up on watching or following Formula 1 races. The reasons are essentially two: firstly having the same driver winning the spoils year in, year out, loses much of the thrill and...
Political parties
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
In the ongoing polemics and quite obscure campaigns arising from the accusations and newly available information about what happened or did not happen during the last ten years, it has become an easy...