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Innovation: status quo not an option

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 10:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Philip Micallef

When it comes to innovation, there is no such thing as a status quo - you either improve or decline relative to everyone else, and sitting in a comfort zone for too long could prove...

Land reclamation and renewable energy

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 09:48 Last update: about 9 years ago

Over recent years, Maltese governments have pushed strongly to increase the use of renewable energy. We know that for decades, our country was completed reliant on oil to generate electricity. Over...

Our heavily redacted hospital contracts

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 09:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Michael Asciak

In 2015, then Health Minister Konrad Mizzi gave a concession for the running of three of our hospitals, St Luke's Karen Grech and Craig Hospital in Gozo to a company called Vitals Global Healthcare...

Implementing plans and pledges

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 09:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

We all know through experience that dreams and ideas can be attractive, plans and pledges innovative, but it is the commitment to implement them in a disciplined manner that finally leads to...

Commuting in the future

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 08:50 Last update: about 9 years ago George M Mangion

Landing at Schiphol airport to attend a blockchain conference, I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by a fleet of all electric (Tesla) taxis waiting silently to pick up passengers. Airport...

TMID Editorial: Court ruling - Simon Busuttil’s fight

Friday, 1 February 2019, 09:51 Last update: about 9 years ago

Simon Busuttil does not want to give up his fight. The Nationalist MP says he is considering taking his battle to Europe after the Maltese courts - not once, not twice, but three times - turned...

The storm clouds gather

Friday, 1 February 2019, 09:17 Last update: about 9 years ago

The storm clouds gather. Or possibly, I may be deluding myself. The storm is already well upon us. Last week New York passed a new "Reproductive Health Act"legalising abortion up to birth. Until...

Finding the right work-life balance

Thursday, 31 January 2019, 10:55 Last update: about 9 years ago David Casa

This will remain one of the more memorable weeks of my European Parliamentary career. Following many months of gruelling negotiations with the Council of Ministers we reached a provisional agreement...

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