Not all roads are government property

Malcolm Mifsud

The fact that the government puts asphalt on a private road, does not convert the road into public property

Surgical masks and disposable plastic gloves basically count as an invincibility cloak, right?

The Skinny • No. 30 | Death

Joseph Muscat and Keith Schembri: a symbiotic relationship

Michael Falzon

Was Joseph Muscat just a screen for Keith Schembri to the extent that decisions...

Was Joseph Muscat just a screen for Keith Schembri to the...

Raphael Vassallo

How unfair the English language really is, at the end of the day. For if there’s one thing you certainly cannot ever accuse a weasel of doing…...

How unfair the English language really is, at the end of...

Josanne Cassar

There is no question that Muscat not only let down those who voted for him, but also those who gave him a chance even though it went against their usual...

There is no question that Muscat not only let down those...

Saviour Balzan

Muscat was born in 1974 and maybe he cannot appreciate how the austerity and excessive centralisation and control of Dom Mintoff wrecked the party, the...

Muscat was born in 1974 and maybe he cannot appreciate how...

Beware of ‘friends’ bearing gifts: regulating trading in influence

Muscat himself has now underscored the danger, by claiming to being ‘blackmailed’. That is the whole point of the matter: it was his own decision...

Muscat himself has now underscored the danger, by claiming...

A missing mobile phone? This is officially the ‘dog ate my homework’ entry in the whole saga

The Skinny | No 15. Keith Schembri’s Missing Mobile Phone

The Skinny | No 15. Keith Schembri’s Missing Mobile...

Saviour Balzan

Looking back at 2019 throws up various events and circumstances that are worth discussing but everything pales into insignificance when compared to the...

Looking back at 2019 throws up various events and...

Funny that: 20 years of the MaltaToday cartoon, in book format

Publication celebrates work of Mikiel Galea and Mark Scicluna for...

Publication celebrates work of Mikiel Galea and Mark...

100 years and counting: The Malta Union of Teachers

Marco Bonnici

Despite its heavy influence in education, MUT had also influenced other sectors...

Despite its heavy influence in education, MUT had also...

Raphael Vassallo

See? Lost things sometimes have a way of finding themselves when you least expect it. So take heart, Keith. Do not despair. Just remember the advice of a wise...

See? Lost things sometimes have a way of finding themselves...

Michael Falzon

Moral injury results when a person experiences a sense of betrayal, humiliation, frustration, anger and shame as a result of people of trust failing to do the...

Moral injury results when a person experiences a sense of...

All I want for Christmas is... no more spin

Josanne Cassar

At one point, self-preservation will kick in and more people who have...

At one point, self-preservation will kick in and more...

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James Debono

Noel Muscat

Arnold Cassola

What’s next in the Egrant and Macbridge mystery?

Saviour Balzan

The perception seems to be that the police are treating Schembri with kid...

The perception seems to be that the police are treating...

Ultimately, the Egrant inquiry should serve both as a cautionary tale against running wild with allegations before having all the facts at hand; but also as a...

Ultimately, the Egrant inquiry should serve both as a...

How Labour failed to connect with the British working class

The Conversation

Eric Shaw • Deluding others is wrong; deluding yourself is fatal....

Eric Shaw • Deluding others is wrong; deluding...

When prosecution rests on one witness’s testimony, it must be proven to be safe and satisfactory

Malcolm Mifsud

For the accused to be found guilty on the basis of the testimony of one witness, the prosecution must prove that such testimony is safe and satisfactory

For the accused to be found guilty on the basis of the...

First we want foreign workers, then we deport their children

Josanne Cassar

Don’t lure TCNs here with false promises, allowing them to build a new...

Don’t lure TCNs here with false promises, allowing...

Raphael Vassallo

Over the years, we have all simply accepted a whole variety of political realities that would be considered bizarre – if not downright unacceptable...

Over the years, we have all simply accepted a whole variety...