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Gozo debate

Thursday, 14 March 2019, 07:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

During a public debate held recently in Gozo at which I participated, topics that have featured for a long while in such meetings were raised again. All were related to connectivity problems. These...

The world wide web

Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 13:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his weekly vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech says that the internet and social media have revolutionised the way we live, from communication to acquiring goods we need. It has become a vital tool for...

Oddments and questions

Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Joseph Muscat will resign ‘No circumstance will convince me to contest another election’.  This is what Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had declared just one year ago.  I heard...

We don’t live forever, our legacy does

Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 09:08 Last update: about 8 years ago Camilla Appelgren

Lately, after going out as an MEP candidate with environment at heart, I’ve had so many discussions about if we really can save the human race. It’s no longer about saving the environment,...

Measures needed to avoid social dumping in employment market

Monday, 11 March 2019, 13:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

Nationalist MEP candidate Peter Agius highlights risks of social dumping with the influx of foreign workers from non-EU countries employed at basic rates in industries normally paying higher per hour...

Pollution of the seas

Monday, 11 March 2019, 08:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

A friend with good credentials in environmental activism came to tell that we need to beware of assuming that the control over marine pollution around the coasts of Malta is a done thing. According to...

The mirror does not lie

Sunday, 10 March 2019, 11:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

At long last and thanks only to the goodness of the present Pope, the Catholic Church is seeking a tough way out of the child abuse nightmare its own clergy has put it through over the centuries. For...

Nature has no vote

Sunday, 10 March 2019, 10:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Infrastructure Malta is insensitive to all sorts of ecological issues. It has transformed country lanes in and around valleys into quasi-highways through the indiscriminate use of large amounts of...

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