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Dubai sensation

Sunday, 21 August 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Charles Flores

I had never been tempted to visit Dubai, even when friends came back from there waxing lyrical about its attractions, natural and man-made. The one and only occasion that I did was when an Emirates...

The financing of ‘Fawlty Towers’

Sunday, 21 August 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The saga of the Mrieħel and Townsquare towers is now entering a new phase, with the planning appeal stopwatch due to start ticking shortly – most probably towards the end of the month. It...

The Canterbury Tales

Saturday, 20 August 2016, 10:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Joseph Muscat tries very hard to camouflage his many tools and tactics by dumping them into the cannot-fail-to-please bag – the New Middle Class.  If it wasn’t in the Taghna Lkoll...

Is it Konrad’s deal?

Friday, 19 August 2016, 10:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

On Saturday 6 August, the health minister, Chris Fearne, announced an “overhaul of Gozo health services” through the introduction of a permanent ambulance service, linking the Gozo...

Organised boycotts are totalitarian

Thursday, 18 August 2016, 10:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Organising boycotts of businesses and operations to which you object is bad. Organising boycotts of anything associated with individuals to whom you object is even worse. Both smack of totalitarianism, the...

Pollution

Thursday, 18 August 2016, 10:09 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

As the economy maintains its momentum, it is natural that public attention focuses more on matters that usually are relegated to second or third priority, such as environmental issues. However the...

Summer musings (1)

Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 09:48 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Summer is commonly known as the silly season because it is typified by frivolous stories that hit the headlines. So I thought I would provide my own account of the summer ponderings that dominate...

MPs’ absenteeism

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 09:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

It is a headache for SMEs to record workers attendance at the place of work.  It is even more frustrating to curb abuse.  To curb absenteeism a policy that clearly sets the parameters which...

Dom Mintoff’s gift to Opposition MPs

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 07:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

The way our parliamentary members acted regarding the Bill to eliminate vilification from being a criminal offence has given me the opportunity to further research past parliamentary debates and...

Momentum

Monday, 15 August 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

Confirmation from the latest published European data that the momentum of the Maltese economy has been maintained, reinforces business confidence. This will in itself serve to generate further...

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