A perversion of the democratic principle

Paying the private sector for consultancy is tantamount to paying a lobbyist to influence decision-making, in a way that is obviously going to be beneficial to his own lobby-group

Maltese Law which precluded legal assistance during police interrogation deemed a breach of human right to fair hearing

Brian Vella was arrested under suspicion of his involvement in crimes relating to drug trafficking

Raphael Vassallo

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana Galizia's writing increasingly came to echo an underlying malaise we all know to be true, yet rarely confront:...

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana...

The effect of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder on the public will be 'extraordinary'. 'Such is the nature of a crime against everything that...

The effect of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder on the...

Alex Sciberras

We need our leaders not just to find the solution to our ills, but to also remind us of our humanity and compassion at times of collective grief and crisis

We need our leaders not just to find the solution to our...

Malcolm Mifsud

The fact there is so much mistrust in the institutions has turned into the Prime Minister’s main headache. Calling for us to unite behind them, when he...

The fact there is so much mistrust in the institutions has...

Evarist Bartolo

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an affront to the liberties and freedoms we all hold dear, as long as we are not selective in our definition...

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an...

Frank Psaila

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others wanted her dead. Politicians, across the political divides, despised her

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others...

Mark Camilleri

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any other journalist or writer, would ever have been executed

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any...

Michael Falzon

I have never felt so flummoxed, so sad and as sorry for my country as I have felt these last few days

I have never felt so flummoxed, so sad and as sorry for my...

Controversial in life, controversial in death

Josanne Cassar

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was the final blow to stop her from...

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was the final blow to...

Saviour Balzan

I, like so many others, was outraged by the vicious assassination. When I received the news from a police source that Daphne Caruana Galizia had been bombed, I...

I, like so many others, was outraged by the vicious...

Malcolm Mifsud

A plea claiming that an action is time barred, may be cancelled if one pleads that the claim itself is overstated

A plea claiming that an action is time barred, may be...

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Mark Said

Josanne Cassar

Saviour Balzan

Execution of a controversial, bold and irreverent Maltese journalist

Matthew Vella

LONG READ | Daphne Caruana Galizia elicited mixed feelings in her admirers,...

LONG READ | Daphne Caruana Galizia elicited mixed feelings...

Josanne Cassar

Like the rest of the country, I reacted to the news that Daphne Caruana Galizia had been murdered in sheer disbelief

Like the rest of the country, I reacted to the news that...

Saviour Balzan

What happened on Monday afternoon in Bidnija was simply reprehensible and tragic

What happened on Monday afternoon in Bidnija was simply...

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was a cold, calculated and barbaric act that has shocked the nation

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was a cold,...

Michael Falzon

Minister Edward Scicluna dubbing his budget last Monday as a budget for ‘the future’ is – to Michael Falzon – somewhat of a...

Minister Edward Scicluna dubbing his budget last Monday as...

Raphael Vassallo

Words are, and have always been, rather tricky little things. Words like 'democracy' are a good example

Words are, and have always been, rather tricky little...