Muddying the waters on Panama

James Debono

Intermediaries opening offshore companies in secretive locations have to answer for their role in an immoral global economy. But that does not absolve Mizzi and Schembri of...

Panama goes beyond national politics

Ultimately, the Panama Papers leak is about the politics of wealth, not just about the people and companies caught with their pants down. Global tax avoidance is a huge problem,...

Saviour Balzan

It is a source of voyeurism that is shared by thousands, and it is no surprise that thousands of Maltese from different strata in society use up most of their...

It is a source of voyeurism that is shared by thousands,...

Not even in death is our privacy respected

Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough that people persist in sharing, exposing and revealing every...

It is bad enough that people persist in sharing, exposing...

How Muscat put Zonqor on the radar again

James Debono

By rushing the land transfer process through parliament during the Xmas period, Joseph Muscat has committed a strategic mistake; that of turning a purely...

By rushing the land transfer process through parliament...

Witness’s change of version of events may undermine prosecution’s case

Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrate explained that the prosecution is bound to convince the court that the charges issued against the accused have been proved beyond...

The Magistrate explained that the prosecution is bound...

There is a growing sensation that the Presidency does not and probably cannot fulfil its mandate as a figurehead for the entire nation, because it is itself...

There is a growing sensation that the Presidency does not...

Raphael Vassallo

While some of us await in joyful hope the seventh instalment of this epic space fantasy saga, for others the same event looms as ominously as an approaching...

While some of us await in joyful hope the seventh...

Evarist Bartolo

Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with contacts with such influential people like Kaunitz, the chancellor of the Emperor Joseph II of Austria.

Muscat (1735-c.1800) was an enlightened reformer with...

Frank Psaila

Terrorist groups, such as Isis, have dreamed of a showdown with the West. Donald Trump’s statement fills them joy.

Terrorist groups, such as Isis, have dreamed of a showdown...

Mark Anthony Sammut

Politics is a force for good if it is built by active civic participation of well-meaning citizens.

Politics is a force for good if it is built by active civic...

Mark Camilleri

When the majority of the Maltese people are craving answers on crucial and major questions on the Maltese language, some academics keep showing reluctance...

When the majority of the Maltese people are...

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Michael Falzon

People enjoy gossiping about government employees caught pinching petrol or what not, more than talking about the introduction of a propositive referendum law!

People enjoy gossiping about government employees caught...

Raphael Vassallo

Strangely, the government got involved: not to defend the tenants’ rights against an aggressive corporate takeover – as one would rightly expect,...

Strangely, the government got involved: not to defend the...

The truth is that, while the government’s attitude towards matters of governance had remained largely unchanged, there was an awakening of thirst for...

The truth is that, while the government’s attitude...

Saviour Balzan

The Mosta Speaker of the House of Representatives flagged the apparent discrepancy in mileage and fuel consumption for Simon Busuttil’s car and cried...

The Mosta Speaker of the House of Representatives flagged...

Why can’t we ever emulate the best of America, rather than the worst?

Josanne Cassar

Media infiltration means that the world in many respects has become one globalised culture which connects us, for better or for worse.

Media infiltration means that the world in many respects...