Labour at 100: the need for self-reflection
Labour’s centenary may be the perfect opportunity for the party to adopt ‘self-criticism’ as its new political motto; to distance itself from crude...
Any administrative act may be scrutinised by the Administrative Review Tribunal
Malcolm Mifsud
The Administrative Review Tribunal is competent to hear and decide any administrative act or measure taken by a public authority
Beyond the fringe
Matthew Vella

We need a social pact in which the power of journalism – a journalism that does good and that serves the public – can be guaranteed a future

We need a social pact in which the power of journalism...

The joys and pains of documenting change
James Debono

From Gonzi to Muscat, chronicling the environmental destruction at the hands of Maltese governments has been a mix of joy and pain

From Gonzi to Muscat, chronicling the environmental...

The long and short of it…
Raphael Vassallo

The long and short of it is that the work of a journalist can be very hard. Even hair-raising, at times. But it is also highly rewarding.

The long and short of it is that the work of a journalist...

The only way forward is to remove Schembri and Mizzi now
Josanne Cassar

This week, with the very real possibility that those in the seat of power have...

This week, with the very real possibility that those in the...

‘This is what you’ll get, if you mess with us…’
Raphael Vassallo

Call me a naïve optimist, but I still believe there is time to roll back...

Call me a naïve optimist, but I still believe there is...

A brave initiative that must deliver an outcome

Though any step that can bring closure to this case is to be welcomed,...

Though any step that can bring closure to this case is to...

The next wave of innovation will not be about phones
Evarist Bartolo

I do hope that real innovation in areas such as education is more focused on...

I do hope that real innovation in areas such as education...

This is your legal system on drugs...
Raphael Vassallo

Amazing, isn’t it? By simply inserting the word ‘medical’ before any drug of one’s choice, one also automatically alters the chemical...

Amazing, isn’t it? By simply inserting the word...

Caesar's pal
Michael Falzon

Criminal law follows scrupulously the assumption that everybody is innocent until proven guilty. This is an important legal precept, but it holds no water in...

Criminal law follows scrupulously the assumption that...

Complacency in a comfortable age
Josanne Cassar

Meanwhile, the populace can only stand by and watch as towns and villages are irreversibly destroyed in the name of progress, much like the residents of Venice...

Meanwhile, the populace can only stand by and watch as...

If only we knew
Saviour Balzan

In the Labour milieu, people are talking of a government that needs to act fast and of a strong Joseph Muscat who is simply not there

In the Labour milieu, people are talking of a government...

Leave or be shown the door

There is a big difference between the rules that govern how a court of law works, and the affect these have on all actors involved therein, and the rules that...

There is a big difference between the rules that govern how...

So all this 17 Black and Keith Schembri saga is a game of courtroom ‘chicken’? Basically, yes

No 10. | Keith Schembri and 17 Black

No 10. | Keith Schembri and 17 Black

Court awards sum of wages owed to employee although employment contract was not in writing
Malcolm Mifsud

An employment contract is not one which is enlisted in Article 1233 which outlines contracts must be in writing on pain of nullity

An employment contract is not one which is enlisted in...

Grants for animal adoptions: Doling out cheques is only a stop-gap measure
Josanne Cassar

Money can solve certain problems it’s true, but when one is not addressing the root cause, then it is merely a temporary stop-gap measure

Money can solve certain problems it’s true, but when...

Labour’s only Opposition  comes from… Labour
Raphael Vassallo

Civil society is powerless to bring about change without access to the...

Civil society is powerless to bring about change without...

No ‘secret deals’ over human rights

Malta needs reassurance that it is not contravening international law, and committing human rights violations, through ‘secret deals’ with other...

Malta needs reassurance that it is not contravening...

Gerard James Borg’s saucy bedroom parables certainly fill a gap in the book market

The Skinny | No 9. Gerard James Borg

The Skinny | No 9. Gerard James Borg