It won’t always be sunshine and rainbows
Evarist Bartolo
One of the first barriers to be torn down in alternative learning programmes is young people being branded as failures. We must make them believe in themselves and their abilities
A leadership contest is a serious thing
Frank Psaila
Leadership contests are not popularity contests. Substance, vision, values are what PN activists should be after when choosing their next leader
Cartoon: 26 April 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Populism: a threat to democracy
Michael Falzon

Some Nationalist diehards are beholden by the idea that Muscat’s methods are akin to a type of populism... I do not agree with this assessment

Some Nationalist diehards are beholden by the idea that...

Country, party, and the ‘best in Europe’
Ralph Cassar

What is happening is totally Joseph Muscat’s fault. He defended his two...

What is happening is totally Joseph Muscat’s fault....

A university for the 21st century
Evarist Bartolo

We acknowledge the successes of the past to strengthen higher education, but we cannot keep clinging to the past or trying to stand still

We acknowledge the successes of the past to strengthen...

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Frank Psaila

These are not normal circumstances. The egg has cracked and all the Prime...

These are not normal circumstances. The egg has cracked and...

So the proof really was in the pudding after all...
Raphael Vassallo

Looking back today, the seeds of this mess can be seen to have been planted a...

Looking back today, the seeds of this mess can be seen to...

An institutional failure

While correct journalism demands the publication of documentation and proof, proper governance demands prompt rather than delayed action

While correct journalism demands the publication of...

Smells like an election
Josanne Cassar

We shouldn’t have to wait around, with begging bowl in hand, until the government of the day starts distributing pay rises

We shouldn’t have to wait around, with begging bowl...

Someone’s head will roll
Saviour Balzan

When I broke the oil kickbacks scandal in January 2013, I had hard facts and documents. I presented them to the police assistant commissioner Michael Cassar on...

When I broke the oil kickbacks scandal in January 2013, I...

More police needed in fight against poaching

Poachers don’t just shoot at protected birds, but they also gleefully...

Poachers don’t just shoot at protected birds, but...

Maltese Court may still have jurisdiction irrespective of foreign jurisdiction clause
Malcolm Mifsud

The Maltese Court may have jurisdiction to hear and decide cases where the parties have signed a contract which indicates another country to have judicial...

The Maltese Court may have jurisdiction to hear and decide...

Don’t give us any leeway, because we just can’t handle it
Josanne Cassar

It is not a very wise idea to give this nation any sort of absolution, or...

It is not a very wise idea to give this nation any sort of...

Free healthcare, but at what cost?
Raphael Vassallo

The sustainability of the healthcare system has become one of our island’s most cherished political fairy tales

The sustainability of the healthcare system has become one...

An act of humiliation and violence

The only way the Marsa raid can possibly be described as ‘not a case of racial profiling’ is when it is conducted indiscriminately on all...

The only way the Marsa raid can possibly be described...

Facts not frenzy
Evarist Bartolo

The rhetoric will get louder between now and election day, but it is worth collecting our thoughts and analysing things from a factual point of view

The rhetoric will get louder between now and election day,...

The serpentine road of the defamation Bill
Ingram Bondin

The Bill is attempting to put a special emphasis on insults as a way of...

The Bill is attempting to put a special emphasis on insults...

The politics of consensus
Ann Fenech

Marlene Farrugia understands only too well that standing for election on one’s own, will counter-intuitively, help Labour get an approval for the...

Marlene Farrugia understands only too well that standing...

Cartoon: 19 April 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea