Combating tax crime is an overarching challenge | Andy Ellul

Reducing tax crimes requires educating the country to further understand that what is paid in taxes will be re-injected in the economy, and ultimately used to improve basic and...

What if our Family Planning Advisory Service did not exist?

Isabel Stabile

The fact that women and girls reach out to us for this information because they have difficulty buying emergency contraception would suggest that the community pharmacy system is...

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...

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...

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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...

Court does not give weight to government rent subsidy in deciding rent increases

Malcolm Mifsud

The Court will not take into consideration whether a tenant is entitled to a subsidy when establishing a fair rent

The Court will not take into consideration whether a tenant...

Together with our national stakeholders, with our partner organisations, with communities and with refugees, we continue to heal, to learn and to bring about a...

Together with our national stakeholders, with our partner...

COVID-19’s effect on families: a woman’s perspective | Julie Zahra

As we move forward into a post-pandemic world, this shared experience can provide an opportunity and a wake-up call for us all

As we move forward into a post-pandemic world, this shared...