A police force stretched to its limits
Josanne Cassar
The way things are going, with so much of our moral fabric being torn apart, the future of the country depends on establishing more law and order and discipline
Seriously? You must be joking...
Raphael Vassallo
‘Fake news’ may have conquered the Internet... but ‘real news’ remains far more surreal than anything the limited human imagination can possibly concoct
Time to review citizenship laws

Malta’s controversial IIP scheme is nothing less than obscene at a time when millions of people are trying to pour into Europe from under-developed or...

Malta’s controversial IIP scheme is nothing less than...

Jobs plus indeed!
Michael Falzon

Unfortunately organisations like trade unions, as well as NGOs, tend to abandon their mission statement when their income no longer depends on the...

Unfortunately organisations like trade unions, as well as...

The widening divide between the haves and the have-nots
Josanne Cassar

Maltese tenants and foreign nationals on an average wage are being edged out of...

Maltese tenants and foreign nationals on an average wage...

Just another Sunday
Saviour Balzan

They should dig deep in the Ciliberti allegations, and Bartolo should stop to think whether he can defend his position by keeping his permanent secretary, or...

They should dig deep in the Ciliberti allegations, and...

Letters, MaltaToday, 4 December 2016

Letters in MaltaToday on Sunday

Letters in MaltaToday on Sunday

No need of court case, once contract solves the differences
Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court decided that once parties to a legal action...

The First Hall of the Civil Court decided that once parties...

Our electoral system has broken down

Malta cannot afford to go to another election without fixing its flawed electoral system once and for all

Malta cannot afford to go to another election without...

How did we come to this, exactly?
Raphael Vassallo

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to hear such arguments from the leader of Malta’s political Left

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to hear such...

Fiddling with the system is a way of life
Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough for a childcare centre to screw the taxpayer out of money, but...

It is bad enough for a childcare centre to screw the...

Cartoon: 30 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

A fish and a monkey enter a classroom
Evarist Bartolo

Different children are asked to sit down for the same lesson and examination, then they aare branded disobedient when they become frustrated and act out during...

Different children are asked to sit down for the same...

A vote of confidence

The proposed measures for retailers are testament to our over-riding economic policy which is driven by the nurturing of talent, the accelerated growth of...

The proposed measures for retailers are testament to our...

Education is an end in itself

The new system promises to be more inclusive, and to restore the dignity of vocational subjects that were previously downgraded within the educational...

The new system promises to be more inclusive, and to...

‘Every vote counts’, my foot
Raphael Vassallo

Don’t bother knocking on my door come election time before you reform this rotten system into something that actually resembles a functional...

Don’t bother knocking on my door come election time...

It must be the Byzantines!
Michael Falzon

The Byzantines came and left so many years ago but their guile seems to have lingered all these years

The Byzantines came and left so many years ago but...

The underdog
Saviour Balzan

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been removed not because of some ‘taghna lkoll’ diktat, but simply because the term in...

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been...

Water off a duck’s back
Josanne Cassar

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that as long as they have money in their pockets, they are willing to close an eye to governmental...

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that...

Cartoon: 27 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea