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 serpentine road of the defamation Bill
Ingram Bondin
The Bill is attempting to put a special emphasis on insults as a way of committing defamation, potentially increasing the reach of criminal libel
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...

Shouldn’t you want to work at a place which matches your ethos?
Josanne Cassar

To me it’s just simple logic that the teaching staff at Church schools...

To me it’s just simple logic that the teaching staff...

Her boldest speech yet

The President of the Republic yesterday delivered what many will agree was her most hard-hitting speech to date, and we ignore it at our peril

The President of the Republic yesterday delivered what many...

On book prizes and literary patronage
Mark Camilleri

I’m glad that the National Book Prize has become so prestigious as to serve as an effective national platform for dissent. Bring it on, let the fire...

I’m glad that the National Book Prize has become so...

The limits to integration
Carmel Vassallo

For better or for worse, we live in a system of nation states and one of the primary duties of national leaders in such a system is to protect national...

For better or for worse, we live in a system of nation...

Progress that includes everyone
Evarist Bartolo

The economic changeover which technology brought about needs to align itself with structured training and educational programmes

The economic changeover which technology brought about...

Positions of mistrust

In an atmosphere where public trust is constantly eroding, only full transparency can deliver a better and more honest service

In an atmosphere where public trust is constantly eroding,...