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Empowering youth

Friday, 13 October 2023, 15:26 Last update: about 9 months ago Owen Bonnici

Malta is set to be the first country in the whole European Union where a person at the age of sixteen has the possibility to not only vote and stand for Local Council election, but also, if he or she...

Back to life

Friday, 6 October 2023, 12:56 Last update: about 10 months ago Owen Bonnici

Amongst the many initiatives introduced by the Ministry for National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government over the past years, one of the most popular is surely the Local Council restoration...

Economic growth

Friday, 8 September 2023, 15:20 Last update: about 10 months ago Owen Bonnici

Throughout the second quarter of the current year, Malta's economy experienced significant growth, with an increase of nearly four percent (4%). The National Statistics Office (NSO) reported that...

Employment

Friday, 1 September 2023, 17:48 Last update: about 11 months ago Owen Bonnici

There exist various economic indicators and methods with which to calculate how well a country is doing.  For me, the one indicator which provides the best measurement with regards to economic...

Justice

Friday, 21 July 2023, 08:58 Last update: about 12 months ago Owen Bonnici

I am a firm believer in the notion that the best route to obtain justice is through the application of the law by an institutionally independent and impartial Judge and Magistrate who enjoys all the...

Re-connecting with nature

Sunday, 25 June 2023, 08:59 Last update: about 13 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

The EU Council of Ministers of the Environment, earlier this week, approved a common position on the proposed EU regulations relative to the restoration of nature. Seven EU countries did not support...

The AG messes up, again

Sunday, 25 June 2023, 08:13 Last update: about 13 months ago Kevin Cassar

The Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg has done it again. In her mad rush to protect Labour from more damaging leaks of Yorgen Fenech's chats, she sprinted to court requesting Jason Azzopardi's...

The real gauge of greatness

Sunday, 25 June 2023, 07:59 Last update: about 13 months ago Noel Grima

The saintly and wise Gozitan priest Paolo Cardona died at the beginning of this week. Among the comments put up on the social media there was an interview with him in which he spoke with great...

The Bormla Elderly persons’ controversy

Thursday, 22 June 2023, 10:30 Last update: about 13 months ago Michael Briguglio

'Case closed... let's move on' was the message of Minister Jo-Etienne Abela, when asked about the current controversy surrounding the Cospicua home for the Elderly. He added that he had all that he...

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