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Lock them up

Sunday, 12 July 2020, 10:12 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

This has been one of those weeks which former UK Labour leader Harold Wilson had in mind when he emphasised that a week is a long time in politics.  Two specific actions stick out. The first is...

Why do we let everything fester?

Sunday, 12 July 2020, 09:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

At the time of writing the Attorney General still sits grandiloquently on his seat of power. No one has dared try to dethrone him.  But hold on. In a world where sense prevails wouldn’t we...

Gaia's Gran

Sunday, 12 July 2020, 07:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

For those of us from Hamrun, the unprovoked and savage attack on an elderly woman in broad daylight in the central part of High Street was a deep shock especially when we later came to know the victim...

Orange is the new black

Saturday, 11 July 2020, 08:22 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

It is now becoming uncomfortably obvious that the governing political regime in Malta is a product of underhand, benign and not so benign illicit dealings and run on a pattern of intimidation and...

Positive impact

Friday, 10 July 2020, 08:01 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

The decision to re-open childcare centres and SkolaSajf was a correct, positive and vital one.  Through the re-opening of those institutions, children’s routines were put back in place, and...

Tax justice

Thursday, 9 July 2020, 07:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Substantial lobbies in Europe – and not just on the left – consider that the time has come to reinforce the appeals in favour of tax justice in terms of the structures set for taxation and...

What happened to constitutional reform?

Thursday, 9 July 2020, 06:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

The official website for Malta’s constitutional reform states that ’You can make a difference to your life and those of future generations‘. It asks of the reader: ’What...

How not to deal with Europe

Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 07:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

While you read this, the European Parliament is in open plenary session. MEPs gather virtually or physically to vote on 15 pieces of legislation today, from rights of persons with disabilities to...

The truth about Kalkara’s cart ruts

Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 06:13 Last update: about 7 years ago Tara Cassar

Much outcry arose last Friday following the hearing of a controversial planning application for the construction of 18 apartments over five storeys within a Class B archaeological site in Kalkara....

The state

Monday, 6 July 2020, 07:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

There are some who fear that because of the current pandemic, many countries will end up almost totally dominated by the state. In order to counter the financial crisis which has affected practically...

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