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The Right approach

Sunday, 23 September 2018, 10:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

I am completely astonished that we do not seem to realise what a huge gap there is on our political scene – the Right is absent from it. The two political parties say or hint that they are...

Regulating the building industry

Sunday, 23 September 2018, 10:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Last Wednesday, a White Paper to consolidate and streamline existing legislation relative to the building and construction industry was published for public consultation. It is being proposed to...

Truth-seekers my foot

Sunday, 23 September 2018, 10:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

If the delegation from the European Parliament’s  Civil Liberties Committee ostensibly flew over, for the umpteenth time, “to seek the truth” of the situation in Malta, then...

From strength to strength

Friday, 21 September 2018, 10:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

During the past years, the cultural sector has gone from strength to strength. It is a sector that keeps on flourishing and keeps on giving a lot of beautiful opportunities to a vast number of...

Independence

Thursday, 20 September 2018, 07:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

Enough years have passed since Independence was achieved for the majority of our population no longer to have a direct personal experience of the event. The same is bound to soon happen – if...

A panoptic society?

Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 09:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The Panopticon was a design concept that was developed by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) at around 1787.  This mode of architectural construction could have taken a variety of shapes and forms but...

Vision of an empowered society

Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 10:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

I am just one person. Whatever I do in this big world, I am sure that it won’t get recognized. I’m a drop in the ocean, so why should I even care? Why should I live my life trying to solve...

People having to walk on roads instead of pavements

Monday, 17 September 2018, 10:17 Last update: about 9 years ago Michael Briguglio

Maltese pavements are being occupied by table and chairs, as well as negligent construction, Michael Briguglio has said in his vlog. He said that the elderly, persons with disability and persons...

Absence and abstention

Monday, 17 September 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

The voting system at the European Parliament (unlike that at Malta's) allows for a three way vote: ayes, nays and abstentions. I think it's a good system. A problem however arises when an MEP...

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