Small place hypocrisy
Thursday, 6 August 2020, 08:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alfred Sant
In a tiny country, so wrote a friend from abroad (as if by way of consolation for whatever), hypocrisy necessarily becomes an indispensable tool to enable community life. After all, we all follow...
Politicians, finance, lobbying
Thursday, 6 August 2020, 07:38
Last update: about 7 years ago
Michael Briguglio
In political commentary one often hears about party finance, party and individual links with businessfolk, and the influence of lobbies over politics. Malta is no exception. A cursory look at...
A dysfunctional democracy
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 07:49
Last update: about 7 years ago
Peter Agius
While campaigning for the European elections with the PN, I used to cross paths quite regularly with labour candidates, be it at one of the tv or radio interviews or at some popular feast where any...
Stamina
Monday, 3 August 2020, 07:03
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
The latest two athletic challenges staged in Malta – the non-stop swim from Sicily and the run along the perimeter of the islands – celebrated chosen philantropic goals and the joy of...
Covid Abela and other points
Sunday, 2 August 2020, 10:37
Last update: about 7 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Robert Abela inherited a government tainted by accusations of corruption that are, little by little, being in large measure confirmed. The Vitals scandal is one clear example; Neville...
Summer nightmares: Covid and migrants
Sunday, 2 August 2020, 08:46
Last update: about 7 years ago
Noel Grima
The aim of public policy is to create the right environment so that the lives of citizens can carry on with the least hassles possible. That is why we try and construct the roads that provide the...
Higher and higher
Sunday, 2 August 2020, 08:30
Last update: about 7 years ago
Victor Calleja
If there is one thing most scientists and doctors agree on, it is that smoking truly kills. It causes cancer not just of the body parts usually connected to smoking, like lungs, but anywhere in the...
The big summer
Saturday, 1 August 2020, 07:11
Last update: about 7 years ago
Rachel Borg
Summer of 2020 is churning in its grave. Originally having been thought to be a write-off and consigned to the history books, it has resolutely risen from the ashes, taken the form of a ghost,...
Employment
Friday, 31 July 2020, 07:14
Last update: about 7 years ago
Owen Bonnici
This Government’s plan for our economy is on the right track, as I had the occasion to explain when this Tuesday in parliament I was answering Parliamentary Questions and delved into the...
The courage to hold a true and representative election is needed now
Thursday, 30 July 2020, 09:06
Last update: about 7 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
The PN has been in this situation before and has managed to find the energy to take the necessary courageous decisions This weekend, we are facing a watershed decision which will shape the future...