Arrangement for COVID-positive and quarantined voters released by electoral commission

Mar 10 2022

Malta’s electoral commission has announced that special arrangements have been made for individuals who are COVID-positive or in quarantine between March 12th and March 25th.

It was announced that these individuals may exercise their right to vote in one of the special centres opened for such reasons. These measures have been taken as a precaution to ensure that voting is conducted with minimum risk on public health and thus, as stipulated by electoral law, the electoral commission will be receiving a list of details from the superintendence for public health.

Voters who benefit from early release from quarantine will still have to vote in the specialised centres and nowhere else and will be receiving further information on particular locations in the coming days. Voters who wish to make use of such service must declare the need for it by sending an email to [email protected], with the legal term for such a declaration closing on Friday 18th March at 12PM.

People arriving from abroad and must quarantine must ensure that arrangements are made and not leave until the last minute to travel or pick up their voting documents. Anyone who, for particular reasons, does not pick up their voting document until Thursday 24th March will not be allowed to vote. Further information may be acquired by calling 22261010 between 8am and 2pm or between 3pm and 8pm everyday until March 26th and questions may be addressed by sending an email to [email protected]

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The country’s solutions are in the PN’s electoral manifesto, says Bernard Grech

Mar 10 2022

Fresh the party leaders debate at the University of Malta, PN leader Bernard Grech spoke to a group of party supporters at this evening’s event in Għargur.

Grech began by once again highlighting the Labour Party’s ‘copying’ of PN proposals, going on to state that PM & Labour leader Robert Abela has no reason to call them ‘of the past’ as Grech has only been in politics for one and a half years. Addressing the PN’s own proposals, the party leader stated that the country’s solutions are in the PN’s electoral manifesto, all while others have ‘failed to present their own electoral programme’.

He went on to argue that the only proposal which isn’t copied is the 25% decrease in tax, stating that it is being made up for in theft from water and electricity bills. “The choice is between those who, in the past, have failed to create a single economic sector and consider people flies and those who want to give power to the people”, Grech stated.

Before concluding, the Nationalist Party leader expressed his pride in the 70 fresh and capable candidates representing the PN and invited the audience to join him in giving them a round of applause, ending with the statement “you can change the future which others haven’t even offered you.”

Watch the full address here:

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50,000 trees to be planted as part of massive afforestation project in Inwadar

Mar 10 2022

The Inwadar National Park is undergoing a massive €20 million afforestation project, which aims to create 315,000 square metres of woodland, larger than Buskett Gardens.

The project was announced by Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli, who stated that €4 million per year is being invested in order to ensure woodland in the South of Malta. Dalli held that this would not only strengthen biodiversity in Malta but contribute to the country’s sustainability.

The Minister went on to explain that trees would be irrigated via new water, with the project currently being in its preparatory phase as Parks Malta continue to clear the land of invasive species.

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HEAR ME OUT: Today’s University debate is the reason why some people have given up on politics

Mar 10 2022

Alternatively titled “The problem with politics in Malta.

So hear me out;

After witnessing whatever it is that went down at this afternoon’s political debate, I stand in front of my laptop, bewildered at the state of Malta’s politics. Whatever mature discussion the country oh-so desperately needs at the moment was shrouded by the thunderous chants of ‘Viva l-Labour‘ and ‘Nazzjonalisti, Nazzjonalisti’, along with back-and-forth quips from the two major party leaders; at one of the country’s academic apexes no less. While I commend University students for being so passionate about something, did we really have to be so brash in the face of our country’s future?

Before you continue reading, I must confess that I am by no means a political analyst, I am not an economist, statistician, activist or anything of the sort. I am merely a citizen of the nation whose vote and (hopefully) opinion counts as much as the next person’s, so if right now you’re thinking “the *whatever* party has better policies or “how can you trust someone that so and so”, this is clearly not the place for you. If, like me, you think today’s debate is a prime example of why some people have given up on politics, welcome.

Like (some or many) others, I have been rendered numb by the sheer juvenile nature of Malta’s political climate. We have become so fixated on shouting absolute nonsense at each other, that we have eclipsed the possibility of discussion and critical thinking. I may be wrong on this, but screaming “my party is offering more subsidies & grants than yours” to a follower of the opposite party is ridiculous. As I continue to write these few paragraphs, my stance on how we treat politics and politics treat us continues to get lost in a mist of uncertainty and the droning thought of “could I be the only one thinking this?”

That being said, massive respect to anyone who had a part in the organisation of this debate; they did an incredible job of putting it together and maintaining as much order as they could.

Do you agree?