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Planning for ‘modern justice’: What does it even mean?

Patrick Calleja

There are a number of other serious shortcomings with this new act. Not least is the proposal to fine appellants €5,000 for any appeals made which the EPRT deems to be...

Gozo first, every day

Adrian Delia

In this forthcoming election I ask for your trust because I plan to earn it, not because I claim a title

When the last field is gone, we will realise that... you can't eat tarmac

Raphael Vassallo

In the latest case, the threat was caused by a microscopic virus imported from China in 2019. (Cue to obligatory LOTR quote: “Is it not a strange fate...

In the latest case, the threat was caused by a microscopic...

Michael Falzon

What the minister did not say is that the payments to be made to Steward Healthcare over a number of years add up to much more than they spent on the medical...

What the minister did not say is that the payments to be...

Saviour Balzan

For long, Ivan Camilleri has been the ugly face of Maltese journalism. As a reporter at Net, TVM and then the Times, his repulsive character propelled his...

For long, Ivan Camilleri has been the ugly face of Maltese...

Who needs unspoilt landscapes? Just pour some concrete over it

Josanne Cassar

The argument that this is government-owned land is neither here nor there, for...

The argument that this is government-owned land is neither...

Julia Farrugia

There are 4,000 Maltese citizens who suffer from epilepsy and who need our unconditional and non-stop backing to help them live to their fullest potential

There are 4,000 Maltese citizens who suffer from epilepsy...

And just like that, we’re back in the 90s

Raphael Vassallo

There is a word for that, you know: it’s called...

The new European Bauhaus: recognising the opportunity | Cyrus Engerer

We can match the way in which the ecosystems around us live, with the way that...

We can match the way in which the ecosystems around us...

Only the PN can truly stand up for the environment | Robert Cutajar

No matter which trump card related to the environment the government decides to...

No matter which trump card related to the environment the...

Raw deal not green: why Malta is missing in action

Peter Agius

No wonder Malta lingers at the bottom of renewable energy efforts in Europe....

No wonder Malta lingers at the bottom of renewable energy...

Cold war post-Brexit, and why the PN needs a communications maestro

Michael Falzon

The pretence that there is an ‘us and them’ continued even when the...

The pretence that there is an ‘us and them’...

If we want ‘faster justice’… we have to invest in it a little, too

Raphael Vassallo

Simply put: if you want a system – any system – to operate faster and more efficiently… sooner or later, you’re going to have to...

Simply put: if you want a system – any system –...

For every unmarried mother there’s usually an unmarried father

Josanne Cassar

If the point is for society to pass self-righteous judgement on these single...

If the point is for society to pass self-righteous...

We’re still not looking into our post-COVID future

Saviour Balzan

We are in a global crisis, so let us not get carried away with the false...

We are in a global crisis, so let us not get carried away...

Malta residency visa: one reform at a time | Alex Muscat

Our nations’ economic success must be sustainable. This can only happen...

Our nations’ economic success must be sustainable....

Why not just rename it the ‘Ministry for Encouraging and Promoting Vehicle Use’?

Raphael Vassallo

Ian Borg has so far concentrated only on the ‘infrastructure’ side of his portfolio: and even then, only on infrastructural projects that just...

Ian Borg has so far concentrated only on the...

All of us are passing through difficult times, some of us more than others, however it would be very unfair to to think that the people who are suffering least...

All of us are passing through difficult times, some of us...

Way forward on living income | Carmelo Abela

We must also consider that the minimum wage is not in itself a method for...

We must also consider that the minimum wage is not in...

The idea that the MUT is negative and that it refutes flexibility is baseless and we’re sure that some members would actually state the opposite as well

The idea that the MUT is negative and that it refutes...