‘Blessed are the boat-owners, for they shall inherit Marsaskala…’
Raphael Vassallo
By the same token, it will be the Marsaskala residents – the ones who rightly regard that bay as their own ‘public property’ – who will end up without the...
Good care close to home | Alex Muscat
The evidence is that people like the convenience of receiving treatment for less serious conditions close to home
Anything, even caution, can be dangerous in excess

Neither the Prime Minister nor the health authorities can possibly afford to...

Neither the Prime Minister nor the health authorities can...

Euro 2020 – where the big players come from China and the US
The Conversation

Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop - Organisations from China and the US...

Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop - Organisations...

An initiative worth defending | Alex Muscat

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency and citizenship are...

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency...

‘The best in the world’. Laughable, certainly… BUT…
Raphael Vassallo

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become a global leader in...

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become...

Discrimination: the name of the game
Michael Falzon

The current mess in planning is the result of many decisions taken over the years intended to soothe the Maltese psyche

The current mess in planning is the result of many...

Dismantle the PA

The DB project in Pembroke confirms the growing detachment of the Planning Authority from public sentiment and any notion of democratic planning

The DB project in Pembroke confirms the growing detachment...

If one wants to file an action for a retrial, the appropriate procedure must be used
Malcolm Mifsud

Not any action may be used for the purposes of a retrial, in terms of Article 811 of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure

Not any action may be used for the purposes of a retrial,...

Is it right to terrorise women into not accessing a service available in the EU?

Chris Barbara | We regularly take calls from distressed women who are resolute on ordering abortion pills, but are terrified that they would have the police...

Chris Barbara | We regularly take calls from distressed...

Wanted: a bipartisan consensus on planning reform

Instead of lashing out at individual critics of its environmental policies,...

Instead of lashing out at individual critics of its...

Regenerative tourism | Josianne Cutajar

MEP Josianne Cutajar is a Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee as well as the Tourism Taskforce at the European Parliament

MEP Josianne Cutajar is a Member of the Transport and...

Everyone but government, it seems, is finally waking up to the development problem…
Raphael Vassallo

Even if it comes a good two decades too late, there is still a lot of value in Fenech’s recommendation to disband the Planning Authority, and create...

Even if it comes a good two decades too late, there is...

A serious PN own-goal
Michael Falzon

Suddenly the PN has become more positive than negative. Then the PN media abruptly undermines everything it had managed to achieve by publishing a...

Suddenly the PN has become more positive than...

A jewel like Hondoq ir-Rummien deserves better

The 2006 amendments that earmarked this area for tourism development should be...

The 2006 amendments that earmarked this area for tourism...

Jason Micallef: a fascinating glimpse into the partisan brain in extremis

The Skinny | No 90 – Tried for Treachery

The Skinny | No 90 – Tried for Treachery

Clarification and correction: Corinthia-IHI acquisition of Golden Sands

Report of 6 June, 2021 on the IHI financial figures and the sale of Golden Sands Resort Limited

Report of 6 June, 2021 on the IHI financial figures and the...

The state of the nation could be much, much better
Josanne Cassar

Governments come and go, but the legacy of what they leave behind will have a...

Governments come and go, but the legacy of what they leave...

Tunnel vision
Saviour Balzan

Beyond the environmental arguments, there is little doubt that the Gozo-Malta tunnel will put incredible pressure on the country’s coffers, at a time of...

Beyond the environmental arguments, there is little doubt...

Why Malta needs a humane prison policy for a better society

Graziella Galea: We need to provide a better peace of mind, regarding the...

Graziella Galea: We need to provide a better peace of...