All in the family

Michael Falzon

What happens when loyalty to one’s responsibilities clashes with loyalty to one’s spouse or family? Surely from an ‘incestuous’ small island state,...

Defining what makes a happy nation

Josanne Cassar

Life is good in Malta – at least for 95% of those who live here, with 30% saying they were very satisfied with the lives they lead

Raphael Vassallo

As has happened on so many other occasions, it is the allegation that makes the story...with the ‘non-existence’ of proof dismissed as an...

As has happened on so many other occasions, it is the...

Michael Falzon

The tone of the editorials of the GWU papers has recently become saner and more acceptable to the general public

The tone of the editorials of the GWU papers has recently...

Saviour Balzan

Marlene Farrugia has just done a Nigel Farage

Dirty politics in leadership races are nothing new

Josanne Cassar

What PL leadership contenders did not have to contend with in 2008 was the ease...

What PL leadership contenders did not have to contend with...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

One thing the PN leadership contest should start focusing on is the need to counterbalance Mucat's dominance on a national scale. Electors should be...

One thing the PN leadership contest should start focusing...

Court rules that articles of law need not necessarily be mentioned at the conclusion of a judgment

Malcolm Mifsud

A judgment is not null and void if the Court fails to mention all the articles of law in its conclusion, but are mentioned in other parts of the judgment

A judgment is not null and void if the Court fails to...

No one has as yet come forward to say they would be willing to give up their seat if so-and-so is elected

No one has as yet come forward to say they would be willing...

Butlers to the cosmopolites? We’ll pay the price

Matthew Vella

Profit rules in Malta’s brave new cosmopolitan future, but we have no...

Profit rules in Malta’s brave new cosmopolitan...

Josanne Cassar

Many political pundits and observers had warned that this type of thing was inevitable, but there is no real satisfaction in saying, 'we told you so'

Many political pundits and observers had warned that this...

Evarist Bartolo

The irony of it all is that those who spew hate towards people who escape conflict and violence are among those people who cheer on the same people when they...

The irony of it all is that those who spew hate towards...

The Presidency has come to an end, but it isn’t yet over

Frank Psaila

Apart from being an opportunity to showcase our work ethic and determination,...

Apart from being an opportunity to showcase our work ethic...

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Michael Falzon

Call them ‘the clique’ or ‘the political establishment of the past’ or whatever, but the people behind the PN facade are still there...

Call them ‘the clique’ or ‘the political...

Raphael Vassallo

The point is that we are now inured to a situation where to be in politics is, effectively, to be at war

The point is that we are now inured to a situation where to...

The link between Gentlemen’s Clubs and prostitution

Josanne Cassar

In 2010 Iceland banned strip clubs with the reasoning that ‘it is not...

In 2010 Iceland banned strip clubs with the reasoning that...

Saviour Balzan

I have never had time for pretenders who pose as independent journalists, but are nothing more than ambitious political animals who relish in the art of...

I have never had time for pretenders who pose as...

Though essentially unrelated, waste and security seem to be intertwined: the first is a question of increased population pressures from both residents and...

Though essentially unrelated, waste and security seem to be...

Dame Frances Grima was blessed with a long life which she dedicated primarily to improve the life conditions of her compatriots

Dame Frances Grima was blessed with a long life which she...