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Planning appeals reform: Suspension, finality and effective review

The proposed model therefore treats suspension not as an incidental procedural remedy, but as a defined legal status attaching to the permit until final determination, subject...

Towards a dominant-party system

Mark Said

Unless the two-party system is revived, a dominant-party (i.e., Labour) system is destined to be firmly rooted in our politics.

Saviour Balzan

Jason Micallef and Manuel Cuschieri have turned out to be the most ardent apologists of Joseph Muscat in the face of overwhelming evidence that the former...

Jason Micallef and Manuel Cuschieri have turned out to be...

Mark Said

If autonomy is the issue, why do we not respect every disabled or suicidal person’s wish for death? Regardless of their health condition or life...

If autonomy is the issue, why do we not respect every...

Renee Laiviera

We can significantly impact older persons' lives by raising awareness, supporting victims, and fostering a culture of respect and dignity to enable an end...

We can significantly impact older persons' lives by...

Paris 2024: I can understand the hurt, but is drag visibility the real problem?

James Debono

Detractors of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony should be asking; would they have expressed the same outrage if the tableau did not feature drag queens?

Detractors of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony should be...

Michael Falzon

From the Auditor General’s report on Enemalta, it results that the company has, for quite a number of years, consistently not managed to invest in the...

From the Auditor General’s report on Enemalta, it...

Tonio Fenech

The fact is that Enemalta is riddled with a lack of planning and secrecy. There is no transparency on how the millions of subsidies are being spent, while...

The fact is that Enemalta is riddled with a lack of...

Mark Said

While Maltese literature is doing very well and publications are relatively strong, the everyday use of the language in the digital world is minimal, and there...

While Maltese literature is doing very well and...

Parliament should listen: A case for ad hoc committees on abortion and surrogacy | Michael Farrugia

I believe more work needs to be done with respect to IVF. Two areas for evaluation are surrogacy for health reasons where implantation in the mother is...

I believe more work needs to be done with respect to IVF....

Michael Falzon

I am sure Roberta will not just rest on her laurels. Who knows what her next move will be two and a half years from now!

I am sure Roberta will not just rest on her laurels. Who...

Fake news, hard facts and muddled opinions

Carmen Sammut

These days disinformation is deeper, more insidious, and systematically spread...

These days disinformation is deeper, more insidious, and...

Taking the leap | Kayleigh Busuttil Fitzpatrick

Once someone told me, 'Dreams don't work unless you do', so yes, I...

Once someone told me, 'Dreams don't work unless you...

UN report on Malta’s human rights record | Mirane Vella, Joanna Onions

We also urged the Maltese government to implement without delay the recommendations which they had accepted from member states on the establishment of a human...

We also urged the Maltese government to implement without...

Michael Falzon

Surely, the ministry responsible for cultural heritage should intervene and take up the case in favour of the use of the ‘dgħajsa’ in the...

Surely, the ministry responsible for cultural heritage...

Muscat should be banished from PL after revelation of plot against Chris Fearne

Saviour Balzan

It is a sad day for the truth when the good guy in Cabinet, who stood up to the triumvirate, is in the dock today

It is a sad day for the truth when the good guy in Cabinet,...

The government does not have any appetite for curbing illegal development and land speculation. Despite making vague promises, it has not introduced...

The government does not have any appetite for curbing...

Michael Falzon

These values together with the diffusion of information are the basis for fostering and nurturing the people’s trust in the film industry.’

These values together with the diffusion of information are...

Stewardgate: The cabal behind the Fearne smear campaign

Saviour Balzan

Those who are still loyal to Muscat insist with me that I should point my...

Those who are still loyal to Muscat insist with me that I...

Alexiei Dingli

The Pope’s vision focuses on an AI that augments human creativity and progress within ethical bounds

The Pope’s vision focuses on an AI that augments...