August is the cruellest month, and Labour knows it

August is a time when most people ‘switch off’ from the usual routine of actively engaging in political controversies but the current Labour administration seems to...

Why does Enemalta still have a monopoly?

Raphael Vassallo

Enemalta is still allowed to keep a harmful, unhealthy stranglehold on all aspects of power production and distribution in this country

Michael Falzon

Claudio Grech’s comments were a breath of fresh air: Are we two tribes? No, we aren’t. And it’s about time we stop acting as if we were.

Claudio Grech’s comments were a breath of fresh air:...

Raphael Vassallo

Politics and social media: We’ve been lumped with two equally clumsy and uncontrollable elephants in the same china shop: so utterly absorbed by their...

Politics and social media: We’ve been lumped with two...

Saviour Balzan

The Prime Minister should have suspended Mizzi and Schembri, ascertained that there was nothing illegal and then recalled them after some time. The problem now...

The Prime Minister should have suspended Mizzi and...

Josanne Cassar

It’s that time of year again: white, strained faces, bags under their eyes, palpitations and sleepless nights. And those are just the parents.

It’s that time of year again: white, strained faces,...

RIP Prince... but sing a song for one troubled couple...

Wanted: sperm donor, good looking, high IQ

by Suzanne Vella and Martha Fitz

Raphael Vassallo

Muscat has repated his earlier line that ‘inaction is not an option’. Yet to date, it remains the only option he has taken in the past eight...

Muscat has repated his earlier line that ‘inaction is...

Malta might not be another Panama; but we still need to ask ourselves whether we should be an actor in the international orgy of tax evasion, money laundering...

Malta might not be another Panama; but we still need to ask...

Frank Psaila

The mood is pretty black in Labour. The Panamagate scandal has rocked the Labour Party at its core. Labour is fractured. A catastrophe this great begs the...

The mood is pretty black in Labour. The Panamagate scandal...

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi hangs by a thread

Evarist Bartolo

It should become a criminal offence punishable by hefty fines and imprisonment for those who do not register these offshore corporate structures as well as for...

It should become a criminal offence punishable by hefty...

Raphael Vassallo

What is the secret of Jason Azzopardi’s success? How did the Shadow Justice Minister manage to solve a problem that has so far eluded the country’s...

What is the secret of Jason Azzopardi’s success? How...

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Muscat’s ‘non-divisive’ ploy worked while Busuttil’s shouting battle cries did not. And yet, the Prime Minister keeps dithering on the...

Muscat’s ‘non-divisive’ ploy worked while...

Offshore’s global tax ruse should be illegal

Jurgen Balzan

The anger stirred by Panamagate is not derived from the suspicion of corruption...

The anger stirred by Panamagate is not derived from the...

The real majority against Panamagate are hardworking citizens

Frank Psaila

After tonight’s vote, government’s credibility on good governance...

After tonight’s vote, government’s credibility...

This is a moment of leadership Joseph Muscat needs to embrace as his own, a personal act of fortitude where he recognises that the national interest, not...

This is a moment of leadership Joseph Muscat needs to...

Saviour Balzan

Ignatius Farrugia is a big hamallu from the South, and the worst crime of all is that he is not a Nationalist, not a Communist, not a member of Opus Dei, or a...

Ignatius Farrugia is a big hamallu from the South, and the...

Josanne Cassar

When it comes to protests organized by political parties, I also don’t blame people for shying away in a country which is obsessed with political...

When it comes to protests organized by political parties, I...