On changing the PN, tread carefully
Manuel Delia
Manuel Delia has seen 15 years of political action up close. Now, the man ‘who messed up the buses’ says it is time for the PN to rebuild the alliances it lost after...
Behind Muscat’s victory – winning people’s hearts
Paul A. Bartolo
Professor of psychology Paul A. Bartolo explains that Muscat’s landslide victory is again down to his inclusive discourse and action, and a credibility based on sticking to...
Domine Dirige Nos?
Michael Falzon

The real truth is that the Police Force is the ‘longa manus’ of the executive and it will never check the abuse of power being carried out by the...

The real truth is that the Police Force is the ‘longa...

Catching up with women’s rights

 Malta still lags very far behind the rest of Europe in a number of cardinal points

 Malta still lags very far behind the rest of Europe...

Laws can be just as dangerous as drugs
Raphael Vassallo

Even if a handful of street dealers are arrested, it takes us no nearer to ‘smashing international trafficking rings’

Even if a handful of street dealers are arrested, it takes...

ITS deal | How PN ran with hares and hunted with hounds as government made the kill
James Debono

By soliciting donations from Silvio Debono’s company, the PN has undermined its good governance pledge. But there is more than a pinch of irony in Labour...

By soliciting donations from Silvio Debono’s company,...

Cartoon: 5 March 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Malta’s party funding mess
Michael Briguglio

Unless good-willed politicians unite against corruption, there will be a zero-sum game of divide and rule, to the ultimate benefit of the corrupt status...

Unless good-willed politicians unite against corruption,...

Why are we still talking about the gender pay gap?
Josanne Cassar

Throughout almost every field and sector, the people at the top who have the...

Throughout almost every field and sector, the people at the...

Time to decide
Saviour Balzan

The fact remains that the Gozo inquiry will get us nowhere if it is restricted to a simple question and answer session

The fact remains that the Gozo inquiry will get us nowhere...

2017 could be a turning point for European integration – but not in the way you think
The Conversation

A deeper political union may actually be closer than it seems. Without any treaty change required, the European Commission presidential nomination process has...

A deeper political union may actually be closer than it...

Conflicting evidence leads to judgment confirmation
Malcolm Mifsud

The party asking for a retrial must prove the reason why the case should be...

The party asking for a retrial must prove the reason why...

Of inquiries and reports

There is an urgent need for a truly independent and fully autonomous judiciary, imbued with investigative powers of its own

There is an urgent need for a truly independent and fully...

Poverty with pretty nails
Josanne Cassar

Is it so bad for a woman who may have everything else wrong in her life, to at least feel some pride and dignity in the fact that she has pulled herself...

Is it so bad for a woman who may have everything else wrong...

If Mizzi is an embarrassment... what about Juncker?
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike Konrad Mizzi, Jean-Claude Juncker was approved for the position of...

Unlike Konrad Mizzi, Jean-Claude Juncker was approved...

Cartoon: 1 March 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Don’t derail press law debate with spin
Mark Camilleri

I will not be apologetic for being irreverent to the hypocritical and...

I will not be apologetic for being irreverent to the...

Great again? We’re already there
Evarist Bartolo

Malta is registering low unemployment rates, record GDP growth, decreasing deficits as well as there being lots of investment and political will to tackle the...

Malta is registering low unemployment rates, record GDP...

We must defend what defines us
Frank Psaila

There are rumblings of growing discontent within the electorate with the government

There are rumblings of growing discontent within the...

‘Warnings’ might not be enough

Faced with an apparently widespread disregard for road safety, the government must ramp up its efforts for more effective policing

Faced with an apparently widespread disregard for road...