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Extracts

Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Being my last piece for 2017, I would like to share some of the most salient extracts from the articles I wrote for TMI during this year: As people go about wishing each other well for the...

Poverty

Monday, 25 December 2017, 07:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

If I comprehend well the latest public statements describing the incidence of poverty in Malta, it seems that its spread has narrowed. However cases have emerged where the problem arises at a much...

Planning nightmares: the coastline and marine resources

Sunday, 24 December 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Last Monday, Parliament commenced a discussion on the implementation of the Public Domain legislation, in respect of which the Planning Authority has submitted a report entitled 'Sites Nominated to be...

Going around in circles

Saturday, 23 December 2017, 09:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

Many times when we have to deal with a government department or entity, but also in the private sector, we find ourselves going round in circles.  As we get bumped off from one section to another...

I threw stones at them

Friday, 22 December 2017, 08:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Owen Bonnici

"I threw stones at the soldiers," a kind nun told me. "You did what?" I asked, incredulously. "I threw stones at the soldiers during the second Intifada.  They were going to...

Is the consensus over?

Thursday, 21 December 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Lost in the noise generated by the amendment including Malta in a list of four EU tax havens, that was proposed to the final report by the Panama papers committee of the European Parliament, was the...

Christmas musings

Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 16:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Recently the Department of Social Policy and Social Work within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing organised a collection for the Food Bank in Valletta, a commendable initiative by the staff. ...

Christmas greetings and red poinsettias

Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 09:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

This is the time of the year where millions of people around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.  The nativity story which took place in Bethlehem many, many hundreds of years ago is...

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