Naxxar trade fair grounds in a dire state

Residents in the street have to withstand the stench of the rubbish that has been left for at least eight weeks during the worst summer months, to fester out in the open.

Could you live on €728 a month? Or are you blinded by Malta’s newfound glitz?

Josanne Cassar

As the debate on the minimum wage continues, don't let the flashy cars and upmarket clothes blind you to the other side of Malta. Those who are struggling to get by do exist,...

Harassment is harassment if there is more than one incident

Malcolm Mifsud

Harassment can take the form of words or actions. The prosecution must prove a...

Harassment can take the form of words or actions. The...

Retirement: informed decisions that count

Aaron Farrugia • Avoiding mandatory pension systems is the right way...

Aaron Farrugia • Avoiding mandatory pension systems is...

Increasing minimum wage would be a start

A study by the Church organisation Caritas laid bare how some families cannot keep up with even the most basic costs of living

A study by the Church organisation Caritas laid bare how...

Seven lessons Malta should learn from the Eurovision Academy

Josanne Cassar

We want to be liked and validated so badly, that the lack of points are taken...

We want to be liked and validated so badly, that the lack...

Raphael Vassallo

It is not the fact that Andrew Borg Cardona insulted Ira Losco… in which case, the reactions would have been excessive… it is the reasons he...

It is not the fact that Andrew Borg Cardona insulted Ira...

Setting the record straight, again, on the Strickland will

Robert Hornyold Strickland • The Sunday Times of Malta and The Times do...

Robert Hornyold Strickland • The Sunday Times of Malta...

Increasing minimum wage would be a start

Evarist Bartolo

An open letter to Michael Falzon: The country needs politicians as much as it needs democracy. Age does not necessarily make us mellow, but it makes us wiser...

An open letter to Michael Falzon: The country needs...

Labour's last, best hope is Godfrey Farrugia

Frank Psaila

Whilst his party is running away from the aspirational working classes and the...

Whilst his party is running away from the aspirational...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s contribution to this week’s Global Forum on Corruption in London was bound to raise eyebrows locally and abroad.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s contribution to this...

Raphael Vassallo

Like so many minor characters in a mobster movie, Joseph Muscat seems to think he’s ‘hard’. He is fond of imagining that he has a knack for...

Like so many minor characters in a mobster movie, Joseph...

By Jove, did that hamallu say ‘motherfucker’?

Saviour Balzan

Andrew Borg Cardona is of course free to make a fool of himself and to express...

Andrew Borg Cardona is of course free to make a fool of...

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Josanne Cassar

Josanne Cassar

Apart from suffering from real political fatigue, pronouncing yourself on a current topic often acts as a trigger for people to come out of the woodworks. Who...

Apart from suffering from real political fatigue,...

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Ralph Cassar

Workers and businesses prop up society by contributing their fair share of taxes, their ‘membership fee’ for being part of our society. It is time...

Workers and businesses prop up society by contributing...

James Debono

Intermediaries opening offshore companies in secretive locations have to answer for their role in an immoral global economy. But that does not absolve...

Intermediaries opening offshore companies in secretive...

Ultimately, the Panama Papers leak is about the politics of wealth, not just about the people and companies caught with their pants down. Global tax avoidance...

Ultimately, the Panama Papers leak is about the politics of...

Raphael Vassallo

Scandal wears thin as both parties are involved