The Malta Independent 19 June 2024, Wednesday
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Does the building construction industry care?

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 09:03 Last update: about 5 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

We had another serious accident in the building construction industry this week at Gżira. The retained  façade of a number of buildings currently in the process of being redeveloped...

Do we need a political messiah?

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:50 Last update: about 5 months ago Victor Calleja

In this world of ours, I must be careful and make it clear that the word messiah in the title is only meant metaphorically. I don't wish to see  some zealot fulminating against me for...

The undisputed advantages of alternative dispute resolution

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:49 Last update: about 5 months ago Mark Said

Going to trial to have a judge hear evidence and make a decision is sometimes the most effective way of resolving a difficult legal dispute. However, it is also one of the slowest and most expensive...

Gozo: Local councils - pawns in government strategies!

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:38 Last update: about 5 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

How did this Gozo end up in this disastrous state? Not recognisable from the Gozo of years ago. The rampant senseless construction moving on like a brakeless juggernaut at breakneck...

The lost battle of the warriors

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 07:00 Last update: about 5 months ago Noel Grima

The legion of desktop warriors among us has yet to wake up and realise: it has lost the battle to preserve Malta's identity as a small island nation embedded in the Christian tradition. There was...

Maltese

Friday, 9 February 2024, 09:38 Last update: about 5 months ago Owen Bonnici

The recently established Ċentru tal-Ilsien Malti organized a discussion on digital tools for languages spoken in small countries. The event featured the esteemed participation of the...

Bonds vs shares

Monday, 13 November 2023, 09:36 Last update: about 8 months ago Alfred Sant MEP

Quite clearly, on their way to the Stock Exchange, Maltese private companies prefer to sell bonds not shares. They do this in order to strengthen their capital base without having to worry about the...

Critical Ignoring and Fact-Checking

Thursday, 26 October 2023, 13:24 Last update: about 9 months ago Michael Briguglio

It is not the first time that we have been warned about the perils of 'post-truth' situations, where fake news is propagated, at times making it very difficult to verify the accuracy of content. The...

Your house is my house

Saturday, 8 November 2014, 08:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Let's settle this score once and for all I say.  Give us back our property and our rights as landowners and stop this gross injustice now.  It is like there are two or three Maltas. One...

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