The great train robbery
Saviour Balzan
Castille served as a hub for allowing Joseph Muscat’s ‘chosen few’ to create structures to enrich themselves through kickbacks 
A fair trial includes on whether a judgement can be enforced
Malcolm Mifsud
When examining whether there was a fair trial, a constitutional court will not only examine what took place before or during the court proceedings but also after and whether a...
A new class of vulnerable

One cannot also miss the irony, that the army of delivery workers in Malta in 2020 were an essential part of the COVID-19 ‘frontline’, as it were:...

One cannot also miss the irony, that the army of delivery...

Migration and community: a bottom-up approach | Noah Fabri

Smaller open centres, spread around the island, more closely connected to the...

Smaller open centres, spread around the island, more...

So żobiku: the self-conceit of men in power
Arnold Cassola

First he came up with the most blasphemous of swearwords in the Maltese...

First he came up with the most blasphemous of swearwords in...

When do parental rights and responsibilities begin and end? | Isabel Stabile

Whether you drown in a river trying to save your child or you die during pregnancy, you are still dead

Whether you drown in a river trying to save your child or...

One district, to end all districts...
Raphael Vassallo

Just as they disagreed with Robert Abela, when he ignored district pressures, and acted on his own political calculations; and just as they disagreed with...

Just as they disagreed with Robert Abela, when he ignored...

Labour’s metamorphosis
Michael Falzon

Despite Bernard Grech’s improvement in the polls, unless the PN can plot out a strategy to counter Abela’s incredible ongoing Labour metamorphosis,...

Despite Bernard Grech’s improvement in the polls,...

The world can allow itself to start hoping again
Josanne Cassar

People are tired of listening to lies, stupidity and ignorance being put on...

People are tired of listening to lies, stupidity and...

Managing a fiasco
Saviour Balzan

The Nationalist Party cannot revive itself if it is to build its next programme on ageing and tested men and women who cannot make way for new blood, or even...

The Nationalist Party cannot revive itself if it is to...

Filing late reply before Arbiter for Financial Services has consequences
Malcolm Mifsud

The late submission of a reply before the Arbiter for Financial Services will not be considered as valid and the general procedural law applies

The late submission of a reply before the Arbiter for...

The real issue is fair competition… not ‘unfair propaganda’
Raphael Vassallo

This is not a matter of constitutional rights... it is the Competition And...

This is not a matter of constitutional rights... it is...

Making the best of a (very) bad deal

It remains, however, a case of making the best out of a (very) bad deal. As such, it is important not to repeat the mistakes of the past

It remains, however, a case of making the best out of a...

Beyond GDP to quality of life
Julia Farrugia

Despite the pandemic and its challenges, the start of year 2021 is seeing thousands of pensioners benefitting from an increased pension

Despite the pandemic and its challenges, the start of year...

Fresh page for the country
Peter Agius

Opinion: Bernard Grech manifests the humble demeanour we expect from those whose prime ambition is to serve

Opinion: Bernard Grech manifests the humble demeanour...

Malta’s neutrality does not mean indifference
Evarist Bartolo

Our neutrality does not mean that we are indifferent to what happens to others....

Our neutrality does not mean that we are indifferent to...

Ħa Qalanqas... Ian Borg is moonlighting as experimental poet

The Skinny | No. 70 – Ian Borg Expands the Maltese Lexicon

The Skinny | No. 70 – Ian Borg Expands the Maltese...

The party-owned broadcasting media
Michael Falzon

It’s about time the PN starts adopting a social media strategy to balance that of the Labour party

It’s about time the PN starts adopting a social media...

Speedy Gulia (aka 'The fastest resignation in the West')...
Raphael Vassallo

Speedy Gulia has decided to apply his Superhero skills to the one area that...

Speedy Gulia has decided to apply his Superhero skills to...

One year, 100 days, two leaders, one nation
Saviour Balzan

There are similarities in the way they yearn to change the party and to set...

There are similarities in the way they yearn to change the...