‘Sex makes everything complicated...’
Raphael Vassallo
We have long removed hard labour from the punitive justice system, and ‘sodomy’ was decriminalised in 1973, so why do we still retain archaic and outdated...
I’m talking about this generation
Josanne Cassar
There is such a great deal of confusion and mixed messaging going on that it is no wonder that children, pre-pubescents and adolescents across the board are becoming more and more...
Euro 2016 from row Z | Somebody pull a Leicester...
Wayne Flask

Unless a complete outsider pulls a Leicester, Euro 2016 risks going into the...

Unless a complete outsider pulls a Leicester, Euro 2016...

Europe on the brink
James Debono

Brexit is a sad day for those who value the EU for bringing peace after centuries of wars and as the only shelter in a world increasingly prey to pirate...

Brexit is a sad day for those who value the EU for bringing...

Court corrects child’s surname
Malcolm Mifsud

A number of witnesses confirmed that they heard the plaintiffs discuss the issue of the surname and had intended to register their child’s surname...

A number of witnesses confirmed that they heard the...

Tribunal asks developer to scale down development
Robert Musumeci

Residences without a street frontage were permitted in the old policies

Residences without a street frontage were permitted in the...

Euro 2016 from Row Z | I dream of a different football
Wayne Flask

It’s football alright, so shoot it at goal and stop picking your noses

It’s football alright, so shoot it at goal and stop...

Overplaying the abortion card

Stressing that the morning-after pill was not abortive, Serracino Inglott also confirmed that pills with the same active ingredients and mode of action were...

Stressing that the morning-after pill was not abortive,...

It’s now a ‘two-speed Europe’, no matter what
Raphael Vassallo

The thing we call “the European Union” will no longer be quite the...

The thing we call “the European Union” will no...

Don’t underestimate the power of the female vote
Josanne Cassar

The female voice (and potential vote) can be a very powerful tool indeed, and...

The female voice (and potential vote) can be a very...

Spare a penny for slumdog
Matthew Vella

Should a formidable sense of humour and national adulation grant us the licence to solicit charity while seemingly enjoying a pass to privately take the piss...

Should a formidable sense of humour and national adulation...

Not to appoint cronies
Evarist Bartolo

The time has come to start thinking of raising the bar on our standards and reform our existing practice and process when appointing a chair of a key...

The time has come to start thinking of raising the bar...

Positions of trust: a  constitutional quagmire
Kevin Aquilina

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure that...

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place...

It dangles by a thread
Frank Psaila

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician that plays it and has devastating effects on the country and its people

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician...

Cartoon: 21 June 2016

Malta in 2016: blesses tax avoidance and bans on morning after pills...

Malta in 2016: blesses tax avoidance and bans on morning...

Open letter to C. Attard, who wants to ‘expose feminist narratives for the lies that they are’

An open letter letter from our secret academic ‘K.B.’ to the student of psychology Christopher Attard, who spoke out against ‘the lies of...

An open letter letter from our secret academic...

‘Remain’ remains the sensible choice

The 'remain' campaign may win the battle on purely factual grounds

The 'remain' campaign may win the battle on...

The travails of Maltese justice
Michael Falzon

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission finalised its recommendations, most of them are gathering dust

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission...

It’s not a ban, and it’s not abortion, either
Raphael Vassallo

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning after pill’ is not...

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning...

Confused? Just a little bit
Saviour Balzan

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce vocations and experience. Can NGOs afford to be so dispersed, so fragmented and unfocused?

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce...