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INTERVIEW: The path to sustainable neighbourhoods

The Housing Development Fund (HDF) created by the Housing Authority aims to invest public and private funds in community projects in social accommodation sites, to increase the general well-being of local communities. TheJournal.mt spoke to the person heading this...

TheJournal.mt | 29/11/2021

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Materialistic Measurement of a Successful Life

As one would have expected, the publishing of that infamous video of a man on the verge of suicide being jeered by onlookers to jump, caused a deluge of dismayed reactions from every corner of society; from politicians and NGOs to the most sane-valued members of our...

Brian Scicluna | 28/11/2021

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The point on affordability

Recently someone told me the main problem faced by Maltese society is housing affordability. Thinking about it later, I could not help but feel the statement was not too way off the mark. The property ladder grew steeper to climb in the past decade as the decoupling...

Jake Azzopardi | 26/11/2021

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ANALYSIS: A clear commitment to the Social Pillar

The coronavirus pandemic in 2020 caused a dramatic expansion in government-funded social welfare programmes in many countries, including Malta. But even if one looks at the 2021 figures, when COVID programmes were re-dimensioned, welfare spending still went up from...

TheJournal.mt | 24/11/2021

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IN PICTURES: Malta’s world class youth therapeutic centre

This is Malta’s new specialised therapeutic centre for youths whose substance use is directly causing significant negative effects in their lives. Prime Minister Robert Abela inaugurated this ‘world class’ centre this morning. The centre, situated...

TheJournal.mt | 23/11/2021

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Work-life balance: a cycle not a goal

Few topics have been so endlessly analysed and dissected as the work-life balance. For years the search for this somewhat hazy state has dominated discourse – especially for working parents. The concept is often presented as a goal to reach. And once you’ve reached...

Frans Camilleri | 18/11/2021

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The lowest dependence on social assistance ever

During the first nine months of 2021, dependence on social assistance continued to decline. In fact, only 4,334persons had to resort to this aid, 3% less than those who needed it in the first three quarters of 2020. This confirms the statement made by Prime Minister...

TheJournal.mt | 15/11/2021

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Social justice is bound to get stronger and firmer in Malta

American John Rawls is widely regarded as one of the most important political philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century. He is primarily known for his theory of ‘justice as fairness’, which develops principles of justice to govern a modern social order....

Dr Mark Said | 04/11/2021

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Good luck for GenZ zeitgeist

Over the past century, Malta has undergone vast developments in every aspect of society. Though many changes and their causes are clearly identifiable, it is not equally clear what it was that drove the changes. Some thinkers would reply that people drive that change,...

Frans Camilleri | 22/10/2021

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Budget expected to improve living conditions

Average household gross income rose by 10.3% to €38,210 in 2020, whereas average household disposable income grew by 9.7% to €31,270. Statistics issued by the National Statistics Office reveal that the situation faced by Maltese families during the pandemic contrasts...

TheJoural.mt | 18/10/2021

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WATCH: Social housing projects almost complete

Some 300 families waiting to be allocated social accommodation will be entering their new homes soon. This aerial drone footage of the new social accommodation blocks, acquired by TheJournal.mt, shows that these units are now nearing completion. Watch video below:...

TheJournal.mt | 15/10/2021

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Wuthering Heights on a nascent Sea of Green

Many have forgotten about Daniel Holmes, Christopher Bartolo, Marie-Claire Camilleri, the hundreds of people incarcerated and the thousands more with a tainted police record for the possession, cultivation and sharing of cannabis. WE have not. Many ignore the plies...

ReLeaf Malta | 10/10/2021

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