When and what to open is the dilemma all governments are having to face, as they assess the risks, adjust their time frames and take stock of how each measure is affecting...
Our numbers are still low, but it could get higher and the worst thing that can happen is if those infected turn out to be elderly or the vulnerable
Malta has managed the crisis well… but at a cost
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It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers...
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Given all the excellent work carried out by the same...
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What is of utmost importance is transparency and...
A culture of normalised hate-speech
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It is also undeniable that this barrage of inflammatory...
I challenge Abela to publish the secret Vitals-Steward agreements
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I challenge Prime Minister Abela to publish this secret...
Science should guide all our health policies... including abortion
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Our total abortion ban is no less dangerous or unhinged (or...
Why Evarist Bartolo should hang on
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Politics needs people like Evarist Bartolo; his party needs...
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Testing the waters of the new normal
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The common factor, no matter what nationality we are, is...
Left alone by the EU, but no excuse to breach human rights
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While Malta has to slam its fists on the table of European...
Act on utility bills. Now
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If government truly has the well-being of our families at...
‘More Europe’? Don’t we have enough already?
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They failed to heed experts who said no country could fight...
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[WATCH] Saviour Balzan's video blog | Government needs to be creative with type and level of restrictions
The government needs to map out a transition strategy to alleviate the economic stagnation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
The government needs to map out a transition strategy to...
The only way out of this is together
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We cannot retreat to the comfort combination of populism,...
Granting citizenship may have risks, but Malta isn’t the problem | Alex Muscat
One thing we have learnt from the COVID-19 crisis is that economic fortunes can change overnight. We now see there was great foresight when the Individual...
One thing we have learnt from the COVID-19 crisis is that...
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If we learn nothing from this crisis, at least I hope we...
No golden fleece for Jason
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