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Stability

Thursday, 12 September 2024, 08:28 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

The arguments advanced by the Chamber of Commerce that Stabbiltà, the government's flagship programme to rein in price rises was ineffectual are unconvincing. True, if one considers how...

Getting our infrastructure and vision right

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 08:07 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

A failing, critical infrastructure is hampering economic progress and exposing businesses and communities to significant risks. Existing physical and digital infrastructure is under stress from...

The Leader seeks my destruction

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:50 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

There were two contestants for the leadership. But everybody knew who the successor would be. The more experienced man with a record of strong leadership was bound to win. Even he assumed he'd...

Dun Ang Seychell – priest, journalist, philanthropist

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:48 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

It says a lot about the low level of journalism in Malta that many of them seem unable to get their facts right even in simple, uncontroversial matters. I read some, not all, news reports about...

We win sieges don’t we?

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:45 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

Placed prominently right opposite the main entrance of the law courts in Valletta is a statue depicting three figures. The Great Siege monument commemorates the victory of our valour and values over...

Msida flyovers: more money down the drain

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:41 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Most of the improvements undertaken to increase the capacity of the road infrastructure, in the long term, are of no use. Flyovers, underpasses and tunnels: they do not solve anything. They only make...

Gozo: Where is the GRDA 2023-33 strategy?

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:38 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The 2025 budget proposals for Gozo are already available from the Gozo Business Chamber (GBC) and The Gozo Tourism Association (GTA). The Gozo Regional Development Authority (GRDA) has still not...

Trouble in paradise – Labour party version

Sunday, 8 September 2024, 07:32 Last update: about 3 years ago Julie Zahra

It has not been a good summer for the Labour party. It is evident that the results of the European Parliament elections last June, have sent the party in Government into a tailspin which as things...

Putting the cart before the horse – Valletta

Friday, 7 November 2014, 08:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

By the expression putting the cart before the horse, I am not referring to the three-legged horse that was placed at the entrance of our capital city, and which has since been removed. This bronze...

Ministers on bimbos

Friday, 7 November 2014, 08:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The Minister of Transport, Joe Mizzi, is one of those men of slight build who are a giant of comedy in their own mind. In Parliament, the other day, he decided to go one better than his colleagues in...

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