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For a cleaner environment

Friday, 6 October 2017, 11:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Miriam Dalli

The Labour government continued to build on its success of its first four years in office, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said. In her vlog today, Dalli focuses mostly on the environment, saying that it...

The right initiative

Thursday, 5 October 2017, 07:31 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Well taken was the government’s initiative to introduce a process of parliamentary scrutiny over high executive appointments, in the “traditional” civil service and also in the...

A truly liberal and progressive Malta would ban prostitution outright

Thursday, 5 October 2017, 07:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I am more than a little disturbed by the plans to regularise prostitution, which means making it a legal business. There is a lot of confusion about this. Prostitution in and of itself is not illegal:...

Domestic violence is no longer a private matter

Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 11:34 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

It is of concern to read:; Domestic Violence has continued its steady increase reaching 1272 instances in 2016 up from 1205 reports in 2015, which points to a 183% increase between 2008 (450...

Air Malta workers threatened with their livelihoods

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 08:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

That our national carrier, Air Malta, is facing stiff competition from low-cost airlines is acknowledged and recognised by all stakeholders.  If as yet not, it should be.  It would be...

One size fits...

Monday, 2 October 2017, 07:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Needed changes to the ways by which the insurance sector conducts its business are being introduced by the European Commission across the EU. All agree that these changes are for the good. The...

Merkel: a lesson to the PN

Monday, 2 October 2017, 07:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

Last Monday’s international news were dominated by the German election results. Angela Merkel obtained a relative majority and this means that she becomes Chancellor of Germany for the fourth...

Wasting precious time in Opposition

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 10:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

After the election in Germany last Sunday, the SPD, the social-democrat party, chose to dissolve the coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU and go as the Opposition. There was no angst, no...

Owen’s latest gimmick

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici explained to the press the measures proposed by the government in order that Parliament will be in a position to examine its political appointees...

The race, to the bottom, is on

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 09:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The race is on for Jean Pierre Debono’s seat in parliament, but the person who wins it will not be keeping it. He or she will be giving it up in an act of great sacrifice for the Nationalist...

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