Back to school, back to traffic
Only a truly innovative transport system which takes cars off the road – without replacing them with buses or minivans – can alleviate Malta’s otherwise...
Mother Teresa’s dubious ‘miracles’
Just as in the Dark Ages, the Church is always prompt to fill gaps in knowledge with superstitious beliefs
Environmental credentials

For the first time we have an autonomous Authority to focus on environmental protection. The environment is no longer subservient to development within the...

For the first time we have an autonomous Authority to focus...

San Gimignano, political parties and Manoel Island
Saviour Balzan

Towers or mini-skyscrapers are once again in fashion

Towers or mini-skyscrapers are once again in fashion

A roof over your head
Josanne Cassar

It is high time the Labour government started living up to its name as a party which is supposed to be looking out for the workers

It is high time the Labour government started living up to...

Personal attacks undermine society’s wellbeing
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

This strategy is anti-educational, and will only ensure that our children grow...

This strategy is anti-educational, and will only ensure...

Business as usual after Panamagate?
James Debono

It is more than clear that after retaining Konrad Mizzi as Minister and Keith Schembri as chief of staff, Muscat is banking on people getting tired of talking...

It is more than clear that after retaining Konrad Mizzi as...

Seized harmless auto-pistol still not released

Police records prove that at no time since the possession of my very first...

Police records prove that at no time since the possession...

Administrators of a vacant inheritance have to follow appointment procedure
Malcolm Mifsud

In their application, the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants held on to a house in St Paul’s Bay against their will and they wanted them to be...

In their application, the plaintiffs claimed that the...

The untouchables

There is a lacuna that must be addressed with urgency: public servants, and chairpersons/officials of public entities and national agencies such as the MFSA,...

There is a lacuna that must be addressed with urgency:...

At least the Cincinnati zoo was licensed...
Raphael Vassallo

PR nightmares have plagued the profession of zoo-keeping the world over

PR nightmares have plagued the profession of zoo-keeping...

Of gorillas and domestic violence
Josanne Cassar

Are we a society that cares about the murder of a gorilla more than the murders of women and children

Are we a society that cares about the murder of a gorilla...

Cartoon: 1 June 2016

Business and construction: The untouchables

Business and construction: The untouchables

Is high-rise the way forward?

One can understand the business thinking from a number of Maltese entrepreneurs but what is also very clear is that their concern for our landscape is next to...

One can understand the business thinking from a number of...

Children with nowhere to go
Evarist Bartolo

Between 2000 and 2010, 31 juveniles, predominantly males, spent time at the Corradino Correctional Facility

Between 2000 and 2010, 31 juveniles, predominantly males,...

Struggling to make ends meet
Frank Psaila

Poverty, and people at the risk of poverty, are on the increase and have been for a while

Poverty, and people at the risk of poverty, are on the...

Who calls the shots on hunting?

The government’s decision to impose a moratorium on turtle dove hunting speaks volumes about the bizarre political realities

The government’s decision to impose a moratorium on...

Not for want of trying
Michael Falzon

One of the reforms that are sorely needed in our justice system is the creation of a Public Prosecutor’s Office

One of the reforms that are sorely needed in our justice...

Trading places
Raphael Vassallo

The Panama Papers drama seems to have taken a sudden, rather unexpected turn

The Panama Papers drama seems to have taken a sudden,...

But that’s not really cheating, is it?
Josanne Cassar

Many people in Malta admire a certain type of cunningness and slyness which many will agree is quite prevalent

Many people in Malta admire a certain type of cunningness...