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Quotas

Thursday, 20 August 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Where do we stand at present regarding the concept of quotas meant to ensure that more and more women reach leadership and decision-making positions? I always concurred with the view that without...

Why was the Psychiatric Outpatients Department closed?

Thursday, 20 August 2020, 07:21 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

When I read that the Psychiatric Outpatients Department at Mater Dei hospital (MDH) was closed, my first reaction was to think that it wasn’t true.  Unfortunately, the news was...

The Covid incompetence

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 07:06 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

Sadly but unsurprisingly, as foreseen by the experts, the Covid-19 numbers in Malta this week continue their upward spiral. While Prime Minister Abela keeps fit in Marina di Ragusa our health...

Services industry balance

Monday, 17 August 2020, 07:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The balance that should have been kept in this country between industry and services has long been lost. In the beginning, the term “services” used to cover mainly tourism, and related...

Bernard Grech

Sunday, 16 August 2020, 11:45 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Bernard Grech is a quiet, unassuming man endowed with what I perceive as the right values and vision. He's an articulate straight-talker and a doer. Great potential lies concealed beneath his serene...

Edward Scicluna has no b***s

Sunday, 16 August 2020, 09:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Edward Scicluna’s testimony, mid-week, during the inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination is outrageous. Through his own testimony he depicts himself as a spineless Minister of...

Sometimes grey is the brightest colour

Sunday, 16 August 2020, 09:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

Only a blinkered fool would deny that the political situation in Malta is dire. Even the most positive cannot escape this negativism. Notwithstanding the opinion polls, notwithstanding the smiling,...

Sad to see

Sunday, 16 August 2020, 09:43 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

Before 2013, the San Antonio group used to regularly invite a small group of journalists and stockbrokers to a business breakfast to announce the financial results of the preceding half year. The...

Education: a pillar of our new economic vision

Friday, 14 August 2020, 14:23 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week’s cabinet meeting was held at the Malta Chamber premises, a first. In fact this was described as a historic meeting as it was the first cabinet meeting held at these premises, and also...

Be the change

Friday, 14 August 2020, 09:07 Last update: about 7 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

I have been an MP for roughly seven and a half years. I am not one of the most experienced - some of my colleagues have served for over two decades - but I'm not totally new either.  In our...

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