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The right to strike

Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 08:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

It is not my intention to encourage trade unions to resort to industrial action of whatever nature to iron out differences which inevitably arise from time to time at the place of work.   On...

Dogmatism

Monday, 22 January 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

It is surprising to find high calibre people speaking with enormous conviction about the future as if they are totally convinced that what in their view should happen, will surely take...

Macron and May and the dismantlement of Europe

Monday, 22 January 2018, 07:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

When I wrote my opinion piece about the last French Presidential elections and expressed reservations about Emanuel Macron's vision for Europe, I was accused, by at least one opinion reader of...

No light on Champions League sitting

Sunday, 21 January 2018, 08:56 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

On Wednesday, for the first time ever, Parliament held its sitting at an earlier hour - beginning at 4pm instead of 6pm. This was in favour of a more family-friendly House of Representatives, the...

Pembroke ITS site: public land - private profits

Sunday, 21 January 2018, 08:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The redevelopment of the site currently occupied by the Institute for Tourism Studies (ITS) in Pembroke is again in the news: the public sector is providing the land while the dB Group will rake in...

When actors refuse to leave the stage

Friday, 19 January 2018, 08:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Owen Bonnici

Last Monday Parliament discussed the Bill to amend the Public Administration Act at Committee Stage. It was a Bill proposed by Government to introduce pre-appointment Parliamentary hearings, or...

Influenza

Thursday, 18 January 2018, 08:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

The influenza epidemic now still spreading has raised questions, not just in Malta but Europe-wide, about whether public health systems are sufficiently equipped to counter infectious diseases that...

Passing on the baton

Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 09:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Reminiscing. I thought at the time that I would be able to see a Country that is free from conflict and is inclusive.  I thought we would have institutions that we can be pleasedwith,...

Time to reflect and to adopt changes

Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 08:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

To my mind, there are currently three major issues on the national agenda which merit a serious, non-partisan debate.  Scoring political points should not be the criteria in the debate.  And...

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