Go on, Sandro: make hay while the sun shines!
Raphael Vassallo
Nobody in the Labour camp seems to have any trouble believing their party would approach someone like Sandro Chetcuti with a candidacy offer
Coalition: To be, or not to be
Michael Falzon
It seems to be a big gamble on Simon Busuttil’s part, that could lead to a quasi-Pyrrhic victory because Marlene will certainly not let go and start calling the shots
Birgu home for the elderly would be ‘destructive blow’

I trust that the Vittoriosa Local Council, which is due to discuss and consider...

I trust that the Vittoriosa Local Council, which is due to...

’Tis the season to go shopping
Josanne Cassar

Four ways by which retail business can face off some tough competition

Four ways by which retail business can face off some tough...

Mental health is a social, not just personal issue

Society can never aim to be perfect but it should at least strive to be more...

Society can never aim to be perfect but it should at least...

A very Maltese ‘presepju’...
Raphael Vassallo

Just take out all the fancy backdrops, and stick in a few walls of grey concrete and some steel shaft-like structures and there you have it - the Maltese...

Just take out all the fancy backdrops, and stick in a few...

Cartoon: 21 December 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Making things happen
Evarist Bartolo

Through Education Plus entrepreneurship programmes, we’re removing the rigidity of the system to offer something different to those who see the world...

Through Education Plus entrepreneurship programmes,...

To trust or not to trust
Anthony Buttigieg

We need to change the law and limit appointments of positions of trust to those directly in contact with a minister

We need to change the law and limit appointments of...

Another one bites the dust
Frank Psaila

Quite often, EU legislators are keener on regulating peoples’ lives than bettering them

Quite often, EU legislators are keener on regulating...

Christmas in Aleppo

A long-term peaceful solution is not on the cards for the foreseeable future but for the sake of the innocent people caught up in this ghastly inferno, the...

A long-term peaceful solution is not on the cards for the...

The nation’s conscience
Michael Falzon

Malta needed someone to say what the President said… acting as the nation’s conscience was a wise and bold decision

Malta needed someone to say what the President said…...

What do you mean ‘Does Santa exist?’
Raphael Vassallo

Those born into earlier, more fortunate generations have no such frivolous doubts and qualms

Those born into earlier, more fortunate generations have no...

We are the Beothuks
Saviour Balzan

Perhaps the Institute of Maltese Journalists, instead of the Department of Information, could serve as a registration body for recognising people who are...

Perhaps the Institute of Maltese Journalists, instead of...

The best thing about the President’s speech
Josanne Cassar

The President’s speech was a much-needed wake up call. Let’s just...

The President’s speech was a much-needed wake up...

Cartoon: 18 December 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Regulator needs to take action on coop

The majority of fishermen are totally disoriented and disconnected from the Coop

The majority of fishermen are totally disoriented and...

Strong evidence required to prove a right
Malcolm Mifsud

The court took the impression that in order to create a right in 2001, Gauci...

The court took the impression that in order to create a...

Fake politicians and political fictions | Therese Comodini Cachia

Joseph Muscat’s vision is of ensuring the chosen few are protected while...

Joseph Muscat’s vision is of ensuring the chosen few...

Thou shalt not discriminate
Raphael Vassallo

It is actually irrelevant whether the Catholic Church feels entitled to discriminate against prospective employees on religious grounds… The State is...

It is actually irrelevant whether the Catholic Church feels...