Joseph’s all-you-can-eat buffet
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 09:55
Last update: about 12 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
When Joseph Muscat was leader of the Opposition, he wound people up and stirred the pot of public dissatisfaction by making out that there was some kind of clique – and more to the point, an...
Interest
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 08:58
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
We're at a time when interest rates on borrowed funds were never so low. True, recently there have been some weak upward pressures on rates. But when did it ever happen that some borrowings are being...
No nostalgia for the 80s
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 14:42
Last update: about 12 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
Recently I was in a conversation with a friend and colleague a couple of years younger than myself. I was sharing some stories that recapped my teens during the political turmoil that drove...
The PM’s indecent proposal
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 16:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
Gejtu Vella
The package of €1.65 million in addition to pieces of land in exchange for a shared ownership in a property in Old Mint Street Valletta raised eyebrows as tax-payers coughed hard earned money....
Defining feasibility
Monday, 15 June 2015, 16:15
Last update: about 12 years ago
Marlene Farrugia
With reference to the SPED, of course I would have done things differently. There is no doubt about that. We need to get this country’s style of governance into 2015, after...
Free movement of services
Monday, 15 June 2015, 08:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
During long past negotiations to remove European tariffs on products, farmers and industrial workers wanted to retain protection. They were accused of only trying to defend their...
Abyssum Abyssum Invocat
Monday, 15 June 2015, 07:58
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
This Latin proverb is extremely appropriate to define what is happening at the Department of Lands under this current administration. In English, this proverb can be translated as one hell summons...
Political responsibility
Sunday, 14 June 2015, 13:35
Last update: about 12 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Good governance is clearly going to the dogs. It is not just a case of matters that could have been handled better, as Prime Minister Joseph Muscat stated in the aftermath of the Café Premier...
Rags to riches
Saturday, 13 June 2015, 11:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
Rachel Borg
While the government is busy making some people millionaires, others are facing dire straits. Rather than ensuring there are policies in place to deal with this deprivation, the focus is on...
Konrad goes mizzing
Friday, 12 June 2015, 15:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Another week, another record-breaking Labour low. According to this lot’s greatly watered down code of ministerial ethics, the Speaker’s office is supposed to be informed when a minister...