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Debate

Tunnelling to a new Buġibba?

Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 09:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

I have been, from the very outset, against the construction of the tunnel that would take more people, more cars and more coaches to Gozo. It is not a popular opinion, especially with Gozitans who...

The Planning Authority and its ‘principles’

Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 08:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Searching through the Strategic Plan for Environment and Development (SPED), the term ‘principle’ is not found in any shape or form. We are slightly luckier if we conduct a similar search...

All for one, one for all

Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 08:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

You might think that cleanups, like the massive one that happened last Sunday nationwide with 1,700 volunteers taking part, would get only positive feedback. I had been planning another column for...

Blockages

Monday, 23 April 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

It seems like Maltese politics have been sidelined towards the usual blockages created by the usual partisan disputes. But what is happening goes beyond the usual stalemates for one reason: the rule...

The Daphne Project tsunami

Sunday, 22 April 2018, 10:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

A week ago, on the eve marking six months since the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia, many were afraid that memories of her were starting to fade. People from her immediate circle put up posts...

Normal again

Saturday, 21 April 2018, 08:21 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

By April 2017, the country had already faced many scandals by the government of Joseph Muscat.  Each one was placed on a weighing scale and sometimes, just once here and there, the scales...

Conserving our legacy

Friday, 20 April 2018, 09:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

Our country’s extensive history has provided for a large number of buildings and monuments that form a central part of our country’s rich heritage.  Just this week, I had the...

Profit-driven

Thursday, 19 April 2018, 13:37 Last update: about 9 years ago David Stellini

Earning good money is a good thing. All of us deserve living a good life. All business enterprises and indeed many individuals in Malta are profit-driven and pursue profits aggressively. That’s...

An inquiry

Thursday, 19 April 2018, 07:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

I hope that in parallel with the magisterial and police inquiries which were being carried out concerning the horrible accident which occurred in the tourist bus a week and a half ago, an...

Back to normality

Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 12:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Marthese Portelli

Pia Zammit could not have said it better – “Malta is not a normal country”.  It is like living a Netflix series. Local press, international press, all reporting and seeking to...

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