Tackling vacant property
Sunday, 11 October 2015, 10:27
Last update: about 12 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Malta Developers Association president Sandro Chetcuti took a good step forward this week when he said that the government should address the issue of abandoned property. It is a small step, but...
Spot on... the ‘no’ to GMOs
Sunday, 11 October 2015, 10:18
Last update: about 12 years ago
Charles Flores
The government’s decision to ban the cultivation of genetically modified organisms, better known as GMOs, has been warmly welcomed by local and overseas environmentalists. They have, for too...
It wasn’t me
Saturday, 10 October 2015, 08:20
Last update: about 12 years ago
Rachel Borg
The common mentality in Malta, the one that always presents itself as the standard reply, is to avoid becoming at all involved, not even when the very purpose you are there for is to precisely become...
Joe Mizzi’s intelligent transport systems
Friday, 9 October 2015, 14:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Stephen Calleja
At the height of public outrage about poor traffic management in Malta, our own Minister of Transport Joe Mizzi has the temerity to go to Luxembourg to speak about “intelligent transport...
The irrelevant minister
Friday, 9 October 2015, 12:26
Last update: about 12 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
This week Parliament re-convened. It felt good to go back to the chamber and debate. The first day, Monday, was somewhat quiet, but by Tuesday things started to warm up. Marthese Portelli and...
Rector’s prediction of demographic doom
Friday, 9 October 2015, 08:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
In his speech at the opening of the academic year, Rector, Professor Juanito Camilleri, sought to address what is now being termed as the "liberal guilt” related to the disastrous...
Spending other people’s money is always easier
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 11:29
Last update: about 12 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Joseph Muscat, like so many other Maltese people, is extremely stingy with his own money and makes every euro work. He never bought his own home (his parents paid for it), he told an interviewer that...
Taxation again
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 08:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
The Organization for Economic and Economic Cooperation (OECD) has published a document that has been long in preparation defining a new procedure (BEPS) to be agreed between governments regarding how...
Not just a beauty contest
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 13:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
Well it’s always good to look on the bright side of life. Our two leaders might be eye candy for some of their devotees, being so young, amiable and charming and seemingly ready to take on...