The Malta Independent 5 August 2026, Wednesday
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Implementing more reforms

Friday, 13 December 2019, 06:16 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

We are writing history, but more importantly, we are delivering on our promises and continuously implementing reforms. This week I announced that the separation of the dual roles of the Attorney...

Foreign media

Thursday, 12 December 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Foreign media are being extremely hard on Malta. Most of what is written about us at present portrays us in the darkest hues available.  Which is serving to sustain the ongoing damage to the...

A crook-proof Constitution

Thursday, 12 December 2019, 07:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

Malta’s current political situation confirms that our institutions are not well-equipped to curtail excesses by governments. Institutional checks and balances are too weak to prevent the country...

The mind boggles

Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 07:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

We know we are at the deep end of the pool when a political, social, constitutional and economic crisis starts ripping our Country apart. Some are still alienated into believing that this can never...

Lessons from Dwejra

Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 15:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

After over two years of persevering, NGOs have finally succeeded in stopping an application for the extension of an outdoor catering area in the pristine site of Dwejra, Gozo.  Besides its...

In what will be done...

Monday, 9 December 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

In what will be done, no matter who leads the Labour Party, two objectives should be ensured.  First, to safeguard the economic and social achievements of the past years. They were substantial...

The rise and the fall

Sunday, 8 December 2019, 10:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The end is near. He faces the final curtain but he’ll still state his case, of which he’s certain. He has lived a life that’s full, but he still has a few regrets. Then again,...

Malta deserves better

Sunday, 8 December 2019, 10:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Reading through the reports on the testimony of Melvin Theuma – who turned state evidence in the criminal investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination – all of us feel...

Blood on their hands

Sunday, 8 December 2019, 09:21 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

Our institutions are in tatters, the country’s reputation horribly stained for generations to come. The bloodied hands are apparently at Castille, the place mired in horrendous criminality...

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