The inevitable New Year’s Eve regrets
Josanne Cassar
We are so flooded with events and parties and special occasions (basically all year round it seems), that it is becoming more and more difficult to really enjoy ourselves
The truth is out there. But no one’s buying it
Raphael Vassallo
'Fake news' has always existed, but what makes it more of a problem today is our collective willingness to be deceived
Time to revive the Gozo Party?

The Gozo Ministry was established because Gozitans needed a voice at cabinet level

The Gozo Ministry was established because Gozitans needed a...

Judgements should be a final decision
Malcolm Mifsud

Mary Gauci failed in her obligation to prove that Media Today had been notified that the business was being carried out by a commercial company and not in...

Mary Gauci failed in her obligation to prove that...

Stopping the revolving door for top public servants

The expression refers to a process whereby legislators or regulators...

The expression refers to a process whereby legislators or...

Labour – bad governance and all – is winning the strategic game
Michael Briguglio

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many things can happen before...

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many...

The ERA’s credibility is at stake: it must appeal Townsquare or shut up shop
James Debono

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by the demerger law, it may well close its offices and reduce its staff complement to a secretary with...

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by...

‘PC bitchslap’ is no hero. The police need better training
Josanne Cassar

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of lopsided...

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of...

Won’t get fooled again
Raphael Vassallo

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the change. The sentiment is perhaps best expressed by a car-sticker that seems to have become popular over...

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the...

English language teaching, a success story
Evarist Bartolo

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone pillar and a niche...

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone...

Literary and book circles are disappointed at cutbacks in shelving space
Mark Camilleri

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with any cutback in shelving space available in the market, especially in a prime location such as the...

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with...

Strasbourg’s death knell to defamatory libel
Kevin Aquilina

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure that the criminal law...

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure...

Cartoon: 17 August 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Malta’s planning regime needs urgent reform

The controversial Rural Policy in Design Guidelines, approved in 2014,...

The controversial Rural Policy in Design Guidelines,...

It’s the economy, stupid
Michael Falzon

One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success is that rather than ditching whatever the previous administration did in the economic...

One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success...

Ask a silly question…
Raphael Vassallo

Most of the issues up for discussion in this country will inevitably be the offspring of Maltese politics

Most of the issues up for discussion in this...

Court lists elements to find accused guilty of fraud
Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrates Court in Gozo found Victor Camilleri guilty of fraud,...

The Magistrates Court in Gozo found Victor Camilleri guilty...

Defining government
Saviour Balzan

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if they are planning to become richer and more comfortable with those whom they became chummy with

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if...

A shimmer of hope to give us faith in humanity
Josanne Cassar

We can take a deep breath and try to look for the good which does exist in...

We can take a deep breath and try to look for the good...

The kindness and honesty of strangers

In recent months the people of Malta have restored in me a real sense of optimism

In recent months the people of Malta have restored in me a...