Politics as a public service

Evarist Bartolo

A life dedicated to serving others, mainly the most vulnerable, is Guze Ellul Mercer's legacy and should still be an inspiration to us who believe in politics as a public...

‘Personality cults’ only work with personalities

Raphael Vassallo

I hate to say it, but this too looks like it will end in tears. The ‘cult of personality’ works, yes… but only if your party leaders have personality by the...

€250,000 from Malta for African countries, and €24 million from citizens buying Maltese passports... any irony here?

€250,000 from Malta for African countries, and...

Supermarket politics and national amnesia

Jurgen Balzan

Malta’s political parties have occupied the State and other institutions...

Malta’s political parties have occupied the State and...

Sandro Chetcuti is in shoppers' paradise...

Unlike the issues that the EU is accustomed to discussing – such as trade agreements, directives on specific areas of industry, etc. – there has to...

Unlike the issues that the EU is accustomed to discussing...

Agreement to not have children before marriage does not render a civil marriage null

By Joseph Mizzi, Partner at Mifsud & Mifsud Advocates

By Joseph Mizzi, Partner at Mifsud & Mifsud...

Solitary confinement in the 21st century? Seriously?

Raphael Vassallo

For better or worse, the use of ‘correctional facility’ to describe...

For better or worse, the use of ‘correctional...

Do refugees have a 'right' to hospitality?

The Conversation

To humanely respond to today’s “crisis” we need to understand...

To humanely respond to today’s “crisis”...

Leo Brincat

A walk through a rainforest elsewhere is not eco tourism unless that particular walk somehow benefits the environment and the people who live there.

A walk through a rainforest elsewhere is not eco tourism...

By Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola and and shadow environment and transport minister Marthese Portelli

By Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola and and shadow...

Evarist Bartolo

The community has an important role to play in the promotion of bilingualism as the home and early years settings are influenced by what happens within it

The community has an important role to play in the...

Reflections on the vanities at Castille square...

While credit is due for bowing out with grace, it would be a mistake to extend the ‘honourable’ accolade also to the behaviour which warranted...

While credit is due for bowing out with grace, it would be...

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What I find most intriguing is that the story about the irregular GWU leases did not raise too many eyebrows while the revelations of former PN Minister Joe...

What I find most intriguing is that the story about the...

Is it a bird? A plane? Well, that depends…

Raphael Vassallo

Exactly how any of this is supposed to inspire confidence in the Public...

Exactly how any of this is supposed to inspire confidence...

Josanne Cassar

The very thought of being reduced to a solitary life when one grows old is heartbreaking, but it is not simply restricted to the elderly.

The very thought of being reduced to a solitary life when...

Simon Busuttil replies on Shell settlement statements

This right of reply is accorded to PN leader Simon Busuttil in reference to the...

This right of reply is accorded to PN leader Simon Busuttil...

Saviour Balzan

On Thursday I testified in the Public Accounts Committee. The Commissioner of...

On Thursday I testified in the Public Accounts Committee....