A reform that needs all stakeholders on board
Saviour Balzan
The press is facing a threat of extinction because of a lack of revenues, and how new technologies shifted people’s attention away from the physical consumption of printed...
Media needs reform, but also assistance
Losing the media may well be convenient for the powers that be; but it is definitely not in the interest of democracy itself
Open letter to Ian Borg on the Marsaskala marina | Marianne Theuma

The Marsaskala marina is not just about swimming, and having ice-cream! 

The Marsaskala marina is not just about swimming, and...

Fighting paediatric cancer
Cyrus Engerer

We must ensure all paediatric cancer patients have access to the best medical care possible, and give them all the tools possible to win over the illness |...

We must ensure all paediatric cancer patients have access...

Putting the tunnel before the vision
Raphael Vassallo

Once again, ‘geological and technical studies’ that were supposed to have been concluded over a year ago, have never actually been finalized

Once again, ‘geological and technical studies’...

National healing, by definition, must involve everybody

To be truly effective, this admission must also come from other leaders within...

To be truly effective, this admission must also come from...

Greener Malta for my sons
Peter Agius

Coming to think of it, forcing a green encroachment into the concrete and brick zones is possibly the most feasible way to fight back against what most of us...

Coming to think of it, forcing a green encroachment into...

Saving lives one baby at a time | Miriam Sciberras

I too am a woman, but I do not exist only as myself. I do not decide to do only...

I too am a woman, but I do not exist only as myself. I do...

‘The only winning move is not to play’
Raphael Vassallo

So tell you what: how about we all choose another strategy instead… and...

So tell you what: how about we all choose another strategy...

We’re all allowed to have a chuckle at Mark Camilleri being replaced by Mark Camilleri

No 104 – Invasion of the Body Snatchers at the Book Council

No 104 – Invasion of the Body Snatchers at the Book...

The whistleblowing farce
Michael Falzon

Where does this leave the Whistleblowers Act? Just as I predicted, it has turned out to be a piece of useless legislation that does not justify the political...

Where does this leave the Whistleblowers Act? Just as I...

Is showing weakness a sign of failure?
Josanne Cassar

Josanne Cassar | While discipline, sacrifice and mental strength are essential at this level of elite sports, it is becoming clearer that it has to be...

Josanne Cassar | While discipline, sacrifice and...

Oh look... a request to ban the publication of a book
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan | The heavy hand of insisting that every book seller in...

Saviour Balzan | The heavy hand of insisting that...

Twenty years after 9-11: a world turned upside down

Editorial | The so-called “war on terror” became a flimsy...

Editorial | The so-called “war on terror”...

Students for choice: we support decriminalisation of abortion in Malta

Given the hundreds of abortions happening in Malta each year, it makes no sense at all for students to become doctors without being properly informed when it...

Given the hundreds of abortions happening in Malta each...

CFS and FM patients: their rights and needs
Alex Agius Saliba

To help patients suffering with CFS and Fibromyalgia, the work must be...

To help patients suffering with CFS and Fibromyalgia, the...

‘Be the change?’ You can start by paying your taxes…
Raphael Vassallo

Where is the ‘change’, anyway? And why should ‘we’ be...

Where is the ‘change’, anyway? And why should...

Impunity extends to party financing, too

Malta’s entire culture of political party financing – including, but not limited to, the impunity with which political parties evade tax – is...

Malta’s entire culture of political party financing...

Things are not always what they seem | Kurt Borg

Our lives are continually bombarded by images and catchphrases meant to...

Our lives are continually bombarded by images and...

‘The environment’ is about more than just ‘trees on roundabouts’, you know…
Raphael Vassallo

And this is why I suspect that no serious environmentalist could possibly have been consulted, in the drawing up of these proposals

And this is why I suspect that no serious environmentalist...