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Race to the bottom

Sunday, 17 February 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Speaking at the sixth Mediterranean Tourism Forum on Thursday, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat talked about Malta attracting a better class of tourists. He almost fooled me there. Over the last...

Along came a spider

Saturday, 16 February 2019, 09:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Once upon a time there was a rock in the deep blue Mediterranean Sea.  Upon this rock there lived a hardy population, who were known for their friendly attitude, their hard-working ethic and...

MEP Candidate calls for wider benefit for tuna fishers

Friday, 15 February 2019, 16:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

PN MEP candidate Peter Agius highlights how the recent fishing industry scandal could deviate from serious issues which will soon hit the tuna industry in his vlog....

Defending Malta

Friday, 15 February 2019, 09:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

I addressed the EP's TAX 3 committee on Monday, during the hearing on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance in Malta. It was yet another occasion during which I had the opportunity to put...

Government housing

Thursday, 14 February 2019, 08:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The government has rightly decided to not simply provide more buildings to serve as social housing. Beyond this, it plans to monitor how the buildings are run and to ensure that the new residents...

The suicide notes

Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 08:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

"Picturing myself dying in a way I choose myself seems so comforting, healing and heroic. I'd look at my wrists, watch the blood seeping, and be a spectator in my last act of self-determination. By...

A lion that squeaks like a rat

Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 07:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

Both the social and traditional media were agog last week in reaction to what can only be described as a vicious Facebook post by Leone Ganado, a Maltese Church consultant. This lion of uncompromising...

How ironic that we crowned ourselves as Homo Sapiens, the wise men

Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 07:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Camilla Appelgren

In nature there is one core rule to survive and safeguard your species’ future; the rule of sustainability. Everything on the planet of Earth form part of the ecosystem that makes life possible....

How Joseph rules Malta

Monday, 11 February 2019, 11:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

In 1960, Dom Mintoff published a short pamphlet called How Britain Rules Malta. It is the inspiration for the title of today’s article. A couple of years ago, I visited Belarus, the only...

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