Things are not always what they seem | Kurt Borg

Our lives are continually bombarded by images and catchphrases meant to persuade us. These all convey to us a reality. Yet, if left unexamined, appearances can harm political...

Malta’s ‘capital of culture’ track record was spotty at best. What happens when we’re left to our own devices?

The Skinny | No 103 – Marsa, Capital of Culture

Michael Falzon

Meanwhile, Labour keeps fooling everybody by pretending that there is nothing wrong with the increase in unnecessary jobs with the state

Meanwhile, Labour keeps fooling everybody by pretending...

Worried about going to prison? Get a job in the construction sector...

Raphael Vassallo

Nowadays, the same sort of contradiction is painfully visible almost everywhere you look: for instance, whenever the Planning Authority comes down like a tonne...

Nowadays, the same sort of contradiction is painfully...

Private party? Relax, just tell them it’s a football celebration…

Josanne Cassar

I will bet my bottom dollar that the restrictive measures for people to hold...

I will bet my bottom dollar that the restrictive measures...

MPs, magistrates, and common mortals: not all are equal

Saviour Balzan

A new government must bring legitimacy and clarity, and do away – to a...

A new government must bring legitimacy and clarity, and do...

Contracts obtained by fraud must be of a serious nature

Malcolm Mifsud

When one alleged that a contract was obtained by fraud, then that party must...

When one alleged that a contract was obtained by fraud,...

A ‘get-out-of-jail’ card for cowboy developers

Once again, Malta’s cowboy contractors have been given a...

Once again, Malta’s cowboy contractors have been...

Satire and the normalisation of gender and cultural stereotypes | Angele Deguara

Hiding behind satire to spew a barrage of sexist and racist ‘jokes’ while accusing a non-Maltese, non-white character of sexism is not on,...

Hiding behind satire to spew a barrage of sexist and racist...

Dig a hole and stay cool. Pray too, if you want to

The Skinny | No 93 – Heatwave Over Grey

Raphael Vassallo

If Repubblika’s proposal were to actually be acted upon… it would only illustrate the sheer extent to which the scars of our Colonial experience...

If Repubblika’s proposal were to actually be acted...

Greylisting is an opportunity, yes… to clean up our act

Ultimately, Malta has to clean up its stables, before someone else does it for...

Ultimately, Malta has to clean up its stables, before...

Abortion: a mandate to deceive | Charlene Giordmaina

Irrespective of whether the majority of the electorate bases its vote on that...

Irrespective of whether the majority of the electorate...

Isabel Stabile

The European Parliament has unequivocally stated that abortion is a right, a fundamental human right, putting paid the ridiculous assertions of...

The European Parliament has unequivocally stated that...

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Owen Bonnici

Josanne Cassar

Saviour Balzan

Ah, but life isn’t fair, Robert. It’ what we all learnt at school...

Raphael Vassallo

To reduce it all, once again, to ‘headmaster-speak’… what we’ve just been told is: 'No more excuses; no more fancy talk; you know...

To reduce it all, once again, to...

Michael Falzon

The promised new beginning never was and the list of people in the Muscat administration who should have been brought to justice but were not, is not small

The promised new beginning never was and the list of people...

It’s not just one shade of grey | Alex Muscat

Parliamentary Secretary Alex Mjuscat | We engage with international bodies,...

Parliamentary Secretary Alex Mjuscat | We engage with...

An icy cold shower in the middle of a heatwave

Josanne Cassar

Malta got its own icy cold shower last week when the news broke that it had...

Malta got its own icy cold shower last week when the news...

Exams: is it time to rethink our evaluation of young people?

Saviour Balzan

From primary to secondary, as well as Sixth Form and university, thousands of...

From primary to secondary, as well as Sixth Form and...

Greylist: a call for a new political will to clean up our act

FATF and the ‘ignominy’ of its greylist remind Malta once again...

FATF and the ‘ignominy’ of its greylist remind...