People are finally worried about breathalyser tests

Josanne Cassar

For the first time, people were genuinely worried about their drinking over New Year’s Eve out of fear they would be stopped. Cabs and taxis could not keep up with the...

Right of reply on Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools

Saviour Balzan reported in his defamatory article information had been disclosed by an informant who is evidently Janice Spiteri, who has on numerous occasions placed...

Raphael Vassallo

We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where neither government...

We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where...

Saviour Balzan

The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all classes and is her or his own wo/man

The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all...

Warring parents, the damage to kids is done

Josanne Cassar

I don’t think either the mother or the father has a monopoly on what...

I don’t think either the mother or the father has a...

After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures imposed on EU countries to overcome this crisis, the principle that drives political forces is no...

After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures...

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

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

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...

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...

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Josanne Cassar

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 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,...

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...

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...