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TMID Editorial: Vouchers – An injection to the economy

Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 07:33 Last update: about 7 years ago

When, just before the start of summer, the government announced the idea to give the whole population – people over 16 and foreigners residing in Malta – a bunch of vouchers for them to...

Democracy

Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 07:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Ivan Bartolo

What is democracy? A quick search in google boils it down to four words: power to the people.  It is undisputed that in a democracy one expects to find the rule of law, balance of power, freedom...

TMID Editorial: Covid-19 - A budget that has to succeed

Monday, 7 September 2020, 08:33 Last update: about 7 years ago

The government is currently busy planning the budget for 2021. While normally people would be eagerly awaiting to see what measures will be announced that could potentially make their lives...

Robert Abela’s vision for Malta

Monday, 7 September 2020, 06:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmelo Abela

At different stages of our political history, our leaders mapped out their vision for the country and garnered support for it by their supporters and the public sphere at large. It was via this...

TMIS Editorial - Miriam Pace death: Let it not be in vain

Sunday, 6 September 2020, 11:30 Last update: about 7 years ago

The husband of a woman who died when the residence she was in collapsed beneath her feet has reminded us that six months have passed since the tragedy cut her life short in such a terrible...

Protecting our identity – literally!

Sunday, 6 September 2020, 08:46 Last update: about 7 years ago Alex Muscat

That every human being is a unique individual with a unique identity is an obvious statement for most people, but not for us. It is, in fact, our duty to protect the identity of the individual. This...

Circles versus lines

Sunday, 6 September 2020, 08:33 Last update: about 7 years ago Justyne Caruana

"The majority of humans see evolution as a race along a straight race track, a race they are winning by a long margin. If they slow down long enough, they may observe that the track is actually...

Malta must take desperate action to survive

Sunday, 6 September 2020, 08:23 Last update: about 7 years ago

Looking back on our country's environmental policy documents from past decades, one finds one  broken promise after another. On many issues, we have gone the opposite direction entirely,...

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