Benefiting from tax planning
This economic system is based on the belief that in a free economy with private ownership of resources, each individual will maximise his own profit
Cartoon: 3 July 2016
On political vultures feeding off party critics
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....

Cartoon: 14 February 2016

The UAE prime minister, whose country is a collection of emirs, wants to introduce a minister for happiness - Joseph Muscat and Konrad Mizzi were attending the...

The UAE prime minister, whose country is a collection of...

Joseph Muscat’s ‘missing link’

After the Mintoff era, Labour struggled for years to come to terms with a new identity. Muscat is right to want to modernise his party’s...

After the Mintoff era, Labour struggled for years to come...

Journalism of the Stone Age
Raphael Vassallo

The Le Iene feature did not even come close to establishing that Filiberti is owed any money. Isn’t it incumbent on the journalist presenting the feature...

The Le Iene feature did not even come close to establishing...

Court orders defendants to follow up judicial letters by instituting lawsuit against plaintiff
Malcolm Mifsud

The plaintiffs asked the court to order the defendants to follow up the case by taking legal action to establish their rights, or, alternatively to stop making...

The plaintiffs asked the court to order the defendants to...

Not buried alive any more
Evarist Bartolo

So far the public sector has been the major employer of registered disabled persons while the private sector has been catching up since the government...

So far the public sector has been the major employer of...

The dark side of COP21’s ‘success’
Edward Mallia

Compared to what it could have been it is a miracle; compared to what it should have been it is a disaster

Compared to what it could have been it is a miracle;...

Are political parties becoming irrelevant?

Abela’s appointment vacates the position of ‘deputy leader for...

Abela’s appointment vacates the position of...

The curious case of Toni Abela
Michael Falzon

The PN’s silly attack on him during the election campaign, regarding the infamous ‘block of ice’ incident, never really dented his perceived...

The PN’s silly attack on him during the election...

All in the family, Labour style
Raphael Vassallo

This week, the Justice Ministry announced two new appointees to the magistrates’ bench… and within seconds, both nominations were mired in...

This week, the Justice Ministry announced two new...

Cartoon: 7 February 2015

The search for the next Labour deputy leader begins, and Darth Salesman needs to find someone who is a right match...

The search for the next Labour deputy leader begins, and...

Things that make one think ‘wtf?’
Saviour Balzan

Did no one in the justice ministry or the Attorney General’s office check their facts before nominating the two women to the judiciary?

Did no one in the justice ministry or the Attorney...

Letters: 7 February 2015