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Building on a strong economy

Friday, 25 October 2019, 08:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

The Prime Minister’s speech on Tuesday was a sharp contrast to that delivered by the Opposition Leader, in turn replying to the Minister for Finance’s Budget speech. Dr Joseph...

The right emphasis

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I like the emphasis the government is attaching to the social effects of the 2020 budget. The social strategy deployed these last years has been getting useful results. Perhaps they’re not...

The ball is in our court

Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 09:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

The rustling of newspapers is comforting a sound.  The news you read in them not that much, and by the time you finish reading this article, your phone would have beeped with another...

Christmas came early

Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 08:23 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The recent budgetary measures, especially in the social sector, announced by the Government are indeed pleasing to the ear.  The leadership of Dr Michael Falzon as Minister for the Family,...

From carobs to concrete – the changing value of ODZ

Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 11:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

For some, refusing to take ‘no’ for an answer can be very rewarding, even if the entity telling you ‘no’ is the Planning Authority.  In 2009, the owner of a tract of land...

Harassment

Monday, 21 October 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I took part in a seminar organized by the European Parliament about harassment at the workplace. The same Parliament had by resolution decided that all MEPs should attend the seminar to ensure they...

Like a fly in the jungle

Sunday, 20 October 2019, 10:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

In international law there is a fiction: all States are equal in the international system. The reality is that it is just that: fiction. Some States are stronger, others are weaker and power is...

The environmental deficit

Sunday, 20 October 2019, 10:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The environmental deficit is still rising and the long-winded Budget speech by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna last Monday did not address it.  Through the MDA, their association, property...

Equating vote with solidarity

Sunday, 20 October 2019, 10:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

I was intrigued, to say the least, by a most interesting discussion during a recent edition of Television Malta’s fast emerging Insights programme about the integration of – and solidarity...

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