Public loss, private gain?
Ralph Cassar
Public-private partnerships do not have a good track record. The profit motive and public healthcare do not go hand in hand.
Free speech vs crossing the line
Josanne Cassar
As an employee at OPM, Bedingfield causes a lot of damage to the Labour government: it is coming across as totalitarian, ready to censor anyone who does not agree, which is...
Letters: 21 February 2016
Get me my conversion therapist
Saviour Balzan

The Church today is undergoing a radical change, but it appears that Archbishop Scicluna is anchored somewhere in the past

The Church today is undergoing a radical change, but it...

Reflections on the Constitutional Convention

By Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, chairman Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation

By Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, chairman Grand Harbour...

An insult to the judiciary
Mark Anthony Sammut

These are not mistakes as the Prime Minister tries to paint them [but] deliberate attempts at disregarding the Constitution to reward friends

These are not mistakes as the Prime Minister tries to paint...

Court disagrees with easement claim
Malcolm Mifsud

The plaintiff claimed the defendants make use of a cesspit which is situated in her property and to make use of the cesspit they pass across her property...

The plaintiff claimed the defendants make use of a...

Constitution blues…
Raphael Vassallo

The Constitution of Malta has still survived largely intact since an age when we wouldn’t even recognise our own country if we tripped up in it

The Constitution of Malta has still survived largely intact...

Technocrats are not the solution

If such powers of appointment are granted to the Prime Minister, it would effectively mean that our electoral system would be up to a point misleading

If such powers of appointment are granted to the Prime...

Learning through adventure
Evarist Bartolo

ALP education offers a variety of vocational experiences, from hospitality to welding, that engaged students who were otherwise disillusioned with the...

ALP education offers a variety of vocational experiences,...

Cartoon: 17 February 2016

Sports Illustrated brings some new migrants to town...

Sports Illustrated brings some new migrants to town...

Why Konrad Mizzi is the wrong choice for Labour
James Debono

It is bad news when political parties become an appendage to a presidential...

It is bad news when political parties become an appendage...

A vision for the University
Peter Mayo

By Prof. Peter Mayo, head of Arts, Open Communiities, and Adult Education department at the University of Malta

By Prof. Peter Mayo, head of Arts, Open Communiities, and...

Corbyn, Sanders and Muscat’s ‘global middle class’
Frank Psaila

Despite being unfashionable democratic socialists, both Corbyn and Sanders...

Despite being unfashionable democratic socialists, both...

Auto-goals galore
Michael Falzon

The unjustified unholy haste to nominate Farrugia Frendo smacked of carelessness although this paper ‘explained’ that there could have been a...

The unjustified unholy haste to nominate Farrugia Frendo...

Euthanasia: time for mature debate

When dealing with terminal, degenerative conditions such as ALS – and there are many others – Malta has traditionally avoided discussing whether...

When dealing with terminal, degenerative conditions such as...

Good news? Gee, how disappointing….
Raphael Vassallo

When international reports, studies, etc., come to conclusions which conflict with these innate prejudices of ours, we are not only ‘surprised’,...

When international reports, studies, etc., come to...

Letters: 14 February 2016
Panettone politics by Palumbo
Saviour Balzan

If Palumbo did not want to have legal fees to pay, he could have gone to the root of the noise problem and eliminated it. 

If Palumbo did not want to have legal fees to pay, he could...

Is Labour already fed up of governing?
Josanne Cassar

There is enough ugliness roaming around on the Internet. The only way to counter that ugliness is to ignore it, rise above it, and be better than that. So it...

There is enough ugliness roaming around on the Internet....