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A social service for the developers

Monday, 18 February 2019, 08:40 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this month, the Malta Development Association (MDA) - through its President Sandro Chetcuti - urged the government to tackle the problem of construction waste. Instead of acting as...

Living it up in Sliema… in squalor

Sunday, 17 February 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

Real estate or property prices are certainly not my area of expertise. Yet, from the prices quoted for Sliema properties, it is patently obvious that this area of Malta is worth a pretty penny. People...

Along came a spider

Saturday, 16 February 2019, 09:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Once upon a time there was a rock in the deep blue Mediterranean Sea.  Upon this rock there lived a hardy population, who were known for their friendly attitude, their hard-working ethic and...

MEP Candidate calls for wider benefit for tuna fishers

Friday, 15 February 2019, 16:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

PN MEP candidate Peter Agius highlights how the recent fishing industry scandal could deviate from serious issues which will soon hit the tuna industry in his vlog....

Defending Malta

Friday, 15 February 2019, 09:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

I addressed the EP's TAX 3 committee on Monday, during the hearing on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance in Malta. It was yet another occasion during which I had the opportunity to put...

The proposed tunnel is not a solution, it is a problem

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 11:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The proposed tunnel below the seabed linking Malta and Gozo will have considerable negative impacts on both Gozo and Malta. The most obvious is the generation of around one and a half million cubic...

Franco Debono, Pawlu Lia and the Venice Commission

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 10:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Both film buffs and those who are only superficially interested in cinema know that the major theme of classic Western movies was the imposition of law on a state of lawlessness. It was the retelling...

Oh look crime does pay. And if not just say it’s personal

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 10:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Abraham and his madness to even contemplate taking his son to be sacrificed. A few took me to task screaming that I am a horrible human being. Then, out of the...

Premier non sequiturs

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 09:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

In court on Thursday, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat insisted that if the heirs of Daphne Caruana Galizia were to accept she was wrong in her Egrant claims, he would drop the court case against...

Changing attitudes in travel

Saturday, 2 February 2019, 09:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Before our islands push heavily forward with fancy projects of little authenticity and demand  in the tourism sector, they ought to analyse the reality a bit more closely to see if what they are...

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