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

Cartoon: 4 January 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Raphael Vassallo

The present government is a classic example of the Schrodinger’s Cat paradox in action

The present government is a classic example of the...

OLAF immunity case still ongoing in court

The Director-General had requested that the Court temporarily and urgently...

The Director-General had requested that the Court...