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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.

Mark Said

The challenges that many European farmers, not least Maltese, faced during the last decades were significant... they contended with economic hardships born out...

The challenges that many European farmers, not least...

Josanne Cassar

The shocking story of a woman who was left with a piece of gauze in her abdomen following a hernia operation, which caused her endless physical pain and...

The shocking story of a woman who was left with a piece of...

Saviour Balzan

Founded in 1961 when Malta was still a British colony and the world was a very different place, the BA’s functions need to be revisited and based on one...

Founded in 1961 when Malta was still a British colony and...

$Water audit at St Augustine College reveals student habits and perspectives | Mikael Balzan, Mattia Stafrace$

The focus of the Committee is an educational campaign through information posters, contributions in the student-led newsletter, and a Campus-wide quiz

The focus of the Committee is an educational campaign...

Why Bernard Grech must go | Frank Camilleri

That is why Labour wins in the surveys and the Nationalists do not budge

That is why Labour wins in the surveys and the Nationalists...

Unexpected detours and a sinister anniversary

Daniel Xerri

Nonetheless, while I do not consider myself as superstitious, I cannot help but...

Nonetheless, while I do not consider myself as...

The disregard for EU law and safety in Ħal Farruġ

Peter Agius

Over the past months, I have exposed several cases where the government is...

Over the past months, I have exposed several cases where...

Michael Falzon

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our...

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather...

‘We need to find a balance’, do we? You don’t bloody say…

Raphael Vassallo

What it also means, however, is that… NO ONE is actually responsible,...

What it also means, however, is that… NO ONE is...

Saying ‘we’re sorry for the inconvenience’, just won’t cut it

Josanne Cassar

Despite flyovers, wider roads, millions of euros and countless promises of how...

Despite flyovers, wider roads, millions of euros and...

Saviour Balzan

The two judgments and the two judges confirm, whether we like it or not, that the judiciary and the courts espouse more influence and power than the Opposition...

The two judgments and the two judges confirm, whether we...