The Cittadella Traineeship Scheme
The 100 figure of “new employees” stationed at the Ċittadella is factually wrong on two counts – firstly because 43 is not 100, and secondly because traineeship...
Legislation failed to protect workers from asbestos
Malcolm Mifsud
A court held that the legislation concerning workers handling asbestos was not sufficient to protect them and as a result was a breach to their right to life
Sorry, but we never had  an ‘Azure Window’
Raphael Vassallo

Let’s cut all this crap about losing an ‘Azure Window’, and...

Let’s cut all this crap about losing an ‘Azure...

Cartoon: 12 March 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Can it get worse? Yes, it can
Saviour Balzan

Simon Busuttil forgot how important inclusion is in politics, and this has thwarted the party’s ability to reach out to others

Simon Busuttil forgot how important inclusion is in...

Pride and prejudice
Josanne Cassar

The more Nationalists you have who sneer and look down their nose at Labour supporters, the more the latter will embrace their own lack of airs and graces

The more Nationalists you have who sneer and look down...

[WATCH] On conflicts of interest and party financing
Saviour Balzan

The PN will have a problem attracting business donors to its cause after Simon...

The PN will have a problem attracting business donors to...

Pre-existent view of adjacent property does not automatically exclude spoliation
Malcolm Mifsud

A judge ordered the plaintiffs to be re-instated in the full possession and enjoyment of their property as enjoyed prior to the installation of this window

A judge ordered the plaintiffs to be re-instated in the...

A timely message from Mother Nature
Josanne Cassar

As the Azure Window showed us, we are all going to perish, whether we are dirt poor or mega rich

As the Azure Window showed us, we are all going to perish,...

An unholy alliance

Maltese MPs are part-timers and depend on private practice. Most MPs have conflicts of interest, especially those who provide services to the private sector

Maltese MPs are part-timers and depend on private practice....

Laughing all the way to the Seabank...
Raphael Vassallo

The two parties have spent their energies assiduously weakening and sabotaging the system of checks and balances

The two parties have spent their energies assiduously...

Cartoon: 8 March 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Investing in Europe’s youth
Evarist Bartolo

Improving our education and training systems is critical because it promotes social mobility and remains one of the best means of preventing social...

Improving our education and training systems is...

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...