The Malta Independent 7 November 2026, Saturday
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Clientelism

Monday, 31 August 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The Maltese political system is built around clientelism – but it is not alone in this. During the discussions about constitutional reform – that were to be held? that will be held?...

Mediation and healing

Sunday, 30 August 2020, 10:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The country needs the rift within the PN to heal as it needs to find how to cope with the post-Muscat mess. Not only because Robert Abela is increasingly proving himself unable to do so, but also...

The debate on the National Environment Strategy

Sunday, 30 August 2020, 10:14 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The human person forms an integral part of the eco-system.  We do not form part of “the economy”. The economy is the manner in which we organise ourselves, but the eco-system is our...

Is there any way forward for the PN?

Sunday, 30 August 2020, 09:31 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

Let me state, restate, or reemphasise something. In the big scheme of history, I have always tended to favour the PN. And that’s not because I was born blue or because I pledged allegiance till...

Will it be an educational pandemic?

Sunday, 30 August 2020, 08:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

With less than a month to go before the date when schools are due to reopen, there seem to be mounting panic among the stakeholders involved.  Time is short and there are still many issues to be...

The red arrows

Saturday, 29 August 2020, 07:07 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

This country owes a great heap of thanks to environmental and nature activist Cami Appelgren.  Single-handedly, this week, she went about organizing the damage response to the atrocious and...

Science and technology

Friday, 28 August 2020, 07:15 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

STEM Education is a crucial pillar, not only for the future of the education sector but also for the future of our economy because we want a sustainable economy, which continues to realize the...

The second wave

Thursday, 27 August 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

It’s not just in Malta that the second wave of the corona virus pandemic has delivered a huge blow. Other countries, most much bigger than ours, have been hit. At times it seems as if what is...

Equality, uniformity and diversity

Thursday, 27 August 2020, 07:01 Last update: about 7 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

In mid-July last year, Helena Dalli, then Minister for European Affairs and Equality, tabled two draft laws in Parliament: the Equality Bill (number 96) and the Human Rights and Equality Commission...

The good death

Monday, 24 August 2020, 07:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

It could have been because of the pandemic but there I was in the middle of a discussion about the good death. Or perhaps it was because some of those with whom I was arguing are seeing like I do, how...

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