Contractor has to make good for damage to State and private property
Malcolm Mifsud
The Court observed that the tender included a number of conditions, obliging the contractor to take all the necessary precautions to ensure that the property is safe.
The ugly reality of violence against women
It may be worth recalling recent warnings about the extent of this problem, which seems to be greater in Malta than in other European country
Who’s afraid of Roberta?
Michael Falzon

MEP Roberta Metsola is making Malta proud in the European arena, on the issue of migration

MEP Roberta Metsola is making Malta proud in the European...

What is AD doing on the pitch?
Raphael Vassallo

Political parties can find themselves in a position when they are just not ‘interfering with play’. Alternattiva Demokratika is a good example at...

Political parties can find themselves in a position when...

Cartoon: 21 February 2016

Spending priorities on migration...

Spending priorities on migration...

Childcare: No such thing as a free lunch
Josanne Cassar

People must appreciate that there has to be some kind of deterrent in place in order to curb abuse, because human nature being what it is, “free...

People must appreciate that there has to be some kind of...

Why foreign criminals must be deported
Carmel Vassallo

In the first decade of the 21st Century, prisoners from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco, in order of importance, made up 44% of the foreign inmate...

In the first decade of the 21st Century, prisoners from...

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...