Property above and below land belongs to the landowner
Malcolm Mifsud
Whoever has the ownership of the land has also that of the space above it, and of everything on or over or under the surface
Election time for our drama queen nation
Josanne Cassar
An election campaign does not have to be such a drama. It’s just a part of the cycle of every administration, and there is no need for the country to grind to a standstill
The Salvu Mallia ‘problem’

Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this is not the basis for a happy marriage of convenience

Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this...

If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Josanne Cassar

Until a Minister for Getting Things Done is appointed, it is we who have to push and make our voices heard every chance we get

Until a Minister for Getting Things Done is appointed, it...

Beyond good and evil
Raphael Vassallo

If Salvu Mallia thinks he is entitled to just crawl out from under a stone and tarnish other people’s credibility that way, well, can you just...

If Salvu Mallia thinks he is entitled to just crawl out...

A People’s Europe
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

"There are challenges we must face, and some people will try to have us believe that things cannot, or will not, change. We must resist such attitudes of...

"There are challenges we must face, and some people...

‘Obama, the Grinch who stole Christmas’
Frank Psaila

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to his American...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to...

Tear down obscene and criminal libel
Ingram Bondin

Obscene libel bears a striking resemblance to other censorship laws which have already been repealed. All these laws are odious

Obscene libel bears a striking resemblance to other...

Our greatest challenge in 2017

The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity to finally exorcise a traditional inferiority complex that has dogged our country since Colonial...

The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity...

The cost of human life
Michael Falzon

The proposal for the alcohol limit for drivers to be slashed from 0.8 gr. to 0.5 gr. is a step in the right direction and should be adopted without any further...

The proposal for the alcohol limit for drivers to be...

Unanswered questions? What unanswered questions?
Raphael Vassallo

I thought we had scraped the bottom of the absurdity barrel decades...

I thought we had scraped the bottom of the absurdity barrel...

Lessons from London
Saviour Balzan

Some of our arguments about architecture, environmental protection and townscape in Malta must be fuelled by some decent reasoning, not one based on simply...

Some of our arguments about architecture, environmental...

People are finally worried about breathalyser tests
Josanne Cassar

For the first time, people were genuinely worried about their drinking over New...

For the first time, people were genuinely worried about...

Right of reply on Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools

Saviour Balzan reported in his defamatory article information had been...

Saviour Balzan reported in his defamatory article...

Cartoon: 8 January 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Court declares that mistake was no mistake
Malcolm Mifsud

Patrick Cutajar filed an unjustified enrichment action against Mario...

Patrick Cutajar filed an unjustified enrichment action...

A year of broken promises

One does not uphold the principle of democracy merely to ensure that only one set of cronies divides the spoils

One does not uphold the principle of democracy merely to...

The inevitable New Year’s Eve regrets
Josanne Cassar

We are so flooded with events and parties and special occasions (basically all year round it seems), that it is becoming more and more difficult to really...

We are so flooded with events and parties and special...

The truth is out there. But no one’s buying it
Raphael Vassallo

'Fake news' has always existed, but what makes it more of a problem...

'Fake news' has always existed, but what makes it...

Cartoon: 4 January 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea