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Let’s all thank the government for these morsels

Sunday, 10 March 2019, 10:12 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

A Brit who lives in Malta phoned me to celebrate the fact that a most enlightened decision was taken by the Planning Authority in relation to the db tower in Pembroke. More open spaces and fewer...

How Malta celebrated International Women’s Day 2019

Sunday, 10 March 2019, 08:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

It was, as everyone knows, International Women’s Day on Friday, observed all over the world.  Women everywhere began the day by sending best wishes for the day to their women contacts on...

The Organisation

Saturday, 9 March 2019, 08:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

The situation is now quite absurd.  We are beyond reason, beyond hope and sinking faster than a boulder in the water.  The pressure to endure one fatal attack, one further revelation after...

Our 10th President of the Republic

Friday, 8 March 2019, 08:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

An honour for Zejtun, an honour for Malta: this is how I described Dr George Vella's nomination to be Malta's next President.  Unanimously approved by the Cabinet and the Parliamentary...

Safeguarding the pharmaceutical sector – Francis Zammit Dimech

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 14:12 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit speaks about his work at the European Parliament to safeguard the pharmaceutical sector, an economic sector that reached our shores that to a PN administration and which...

Hate speech

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

It is good that there is a growing awareness of the harm that is done when hate speech, as it has been labelled, is indulged in, especially in the social media. With it too is sometimes coupled speech...

Are your winter utility bills cheaper?

Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 08:33 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

In this vlog Michael Briguglio explains how the recent cold weather meant that people were more likely to resort to options such as heating to keep warm. He compares Government's failure to keep up to...

‘Come to Jesus’ moment

Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 08:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I believe that Malta has benefitted immensely from the transformation we witnessed in these last 10 years or so.  Let’s admit that we were hijacked by a confessional state mentality that...

European tax proposal in Socialist manifesto

Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 08:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

In his vlog from the University of Malta, Tajani speechwriter and MEP candidate Peter Agius puts into question the effectiveness of Labour MEPs to defend Malta’s interest in view of the fact...

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