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100 years of parliamentary democracy
The House of Representatives recently marked 100 years of parliamentary democracy. It was on Tuesday November 1, 1921 when Edward, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne presided…
Wasteserv outsourcing all of its core operations
Practice does not bode well for workers’ conditions A total of 348 of the 368 employees recruited by Wasterserv since 2018 have been engaged through a contractor even though they…
Can we have the real bill please?
News that the methodology being used by State utilities company Arms is costing account holders an extra € million per year has left households fuming. The conclusion is based on…
Konrad Mizzi’s hefty price
The fall from grace of the 2013 general election start candidate, Konrad Mizzi has been spectacular to say the least. Labour’s poster boy, found himself at the helm of a…
From the Champions League to relegation
For the first time ever, Malta is no longer considered an attractive country for foreign investment. The grim assessment emerged from the 2021 EY Attractiveness Survey which has been monitoring…
A greyless Budget
In its first reaction to the 2022 Budget UHM Voice of the Workers described it as rich on social measures and poor on reputation. One might also remark that this…
The Metro – Are we missing the wood for the trees?
The unveiling of Government’s studies into a metro system came at a time when the general election is looming and traffic levels have reached if not exceeded the gridlock of…
Jaiteh Lamin, what if?
“In Malta, black people are only tolerated as far as the Marsa roundabout where they are left to beg for work…There is too much racism in the country… while we…
The next active labour market policy
Malta’s employment market has undergone a major transformation in the last decade with new sectors flourishing like the platform economy, remote working coming of age, the influx of thousands of…
Reining in the power of incumbency
When an election is on the horizon whoever is power will to some degree or another use such position to his or her advantage in an attempt to preserve the…