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Condominium administrators, unprotected landlords and laws with loopholes

Josanne Cassar

These loopholes need to be tightened and any further lacunae need to be seen to so that this Act can truly be working in the interest of property owners

It’s simple as that

Saviour Balzan

On Schembri: No one could have imagined his duplicity and what I still find difficult to understand is that someone like him is given any creedence in the first place. And if we...

More than just a social budget | Steve Ellul

This budget undeniably aimed to bolster the purchasing power and income of a...

This budget undeniably aimed to bolster the purchasing...

Importing workers with the right skills - now, why didn’t we think of that before?

Josanne Cassar

This week the government announced a new scheme which is due to start next year: non-EU workers in hotels, bars and restaurants will need to get a skills card...

This week the government announced a new scheme which is...

An industry raising its own standards | Charlon Gouder

Malta’s tuna industry has demonstrated its commitment to environmental...

Malta’s tuna industry has demonstrated its commitment...

No, it’s not like any other job | Clayton Bartolo, Byron Camilleri

Eventually, we will be widening the initiative’s purview to include...

Eventually, we will be widening the initiative’s...

Because they deserve it | Byron Camilleri

We, on our part, shall remain committed to investing in the police force to...

We, on our part, shall remain committed to investing in the...

Malta has a ‘Masterplan for Traffic’? Sure could have fooled me…

Raphael Vassallo

For a second, I thought (not for the first time) that our Finance Minister may actually have been referring to another country, altogether… when he...

For a second, I thought (not for the first time) that our...

Michael Falzon

Will Iran join the war if the Israeli army enters Gaza? Iran has a ‘de facto’ border with Israel via the Hezbollah in Lebanon. Does...

Will Iran join the war if the Israeli army enters...

Can Manuel Delia stop lying, just for once?

Raphael Vassallo

As for myself, however: I’m going to (try to) revert to my earlier...

As for myself, however: I’m going to (try to) revert...

Stephanie Fabri / JP Fabri

At first glance, this is definitely a budget with a heart and one which pursues stability. The main challenge is how to address the longer-term vision of...

At first glance, this is definitely a budget with a heart...

Stephanie Fabri / JP Fabri

Whilst the government announces various policies, schemes, and strategies during the year, the budget is still seen as a central economic policy document which...

Whilst the government announces various policies, schemes,...

Banning e-scooters: An admission of failure | Steve Zammit Lupi

It baffles me how in four years the most popular areas did not have a single...

It baffles me how in four years the most popular areas did...

Tone deaf with a complete lack of self-awareness

Josanne Cassar

Her supporters might say, but so what if she did? So many women go under the...

Her supporters might say, but so what if she did? So many...

When state institutions are not up to standard | Mark Said

It is time to reinstall and implement the true principles of meritocracy within...

It is time to reinstall and implement the true principles...

Given the peculiar nature of many of the collective nouns found in English, perhaps it would not be entirely amiss if we borrow from the celebratory nature...

Given the peculiar nature of many of the collective nouns...

That’s a whole new definition of ‘Pensions Time Bomb’…

Raphael Vassallo

Let’s face it, folks… Clyde Caruana is not exactly the first...

Let’s face it, folks… Clyde Caruana is not...

Newsflash: David Casa discovers that his own medicine doesn’t taste all that great, after all…

Raphael Vassallo

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the (entirely predictable) consequences of his own actions

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the...

Michael Falzon

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor help to avoid - let alone solve -the problems created by the migration phenomenon across the...

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor...

Josanne Cassar

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will still get to your destination... If you are always late and forever rushing then it’s your time...

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will...