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Do we need a political messiah?

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:50 Last update: about 3 years 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...

Gozo: Local councils - pawns in government strategies!

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:38 Last update: about 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 4 years ago Alfred Sant

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 4 years 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...

Empowering youth

Friday, 13 October 2023, 15:26 Last update: about 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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...

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