The jellyfish bite
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 is that too much...
Get me to the exam on time
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.
The fridge-magnet mentality
Michael Falzon

The way the Castille lighting was installed is not just another problem: it is a symptom of a malaise that has overtaken the decision making process within the...

The way the Castille lighting was installed is not just...

The President’s new clothes…
Raphael Vassallo

They are merely the heads of government in Commonwealth countries. No one else in the rest of the world is paying the remotest attention to anything they do or...

They are merely the heads of government in Commonwealth...

A shadow over CHOGM

Recent events, including the terrorist attacks in Paris, the Russian airliner downed in Egypt, as well as escalating tensions between Russia and Turkey have...

Recent events, including the terrorist attacks in Paris,...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Depending on the government of the day, people of one political colour are gratified and those of the rival colour brushed aside

Depending on the government of the day, people of one...

Letters: 29 November 2015
Want illegalities to stop? Stop supporting them
Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough that those in government are turning a blind eye to the rule...

It is bad enough that those in government are turning a...

What you say, how you say it and who says it
Saviour Balzan

We have a political class that is basically dishonourable on each side of the...

We have a political class that is basically dishonourable...

Cartoon: 29 November 2015

Memories of Malta for the Queen, 50 years later...

Memories of Malta for the Queen, 50 years later...

Lack of health and safety measures leads to compensation following death
Malcolm Mifsud

In their application the heirs of Joseph Barbara held that the defendant company was the deceased’s employer, who failed to ensure that all safety...

In their application the heirs of Joseph Barbara held that...

‘This is not a pigsty’, indeed

Individual members of parliament may not have noticed, but the rest of the country has moved on since ‘debates’ were settled with loud threats of...

Individual members of parliament may not have noticed, but...

Better leave God out of it, I’d say…
Raphael Vassallo

From this angle, where God actually stands on the issue – with the victims, or with the terrorists – suddenly becomes important to determine.

From this angle, where God actually stands on the issue...

A vocational dimension to secondary education
Evarist Bartolo

We need to understand the nature of vocational learning and the processes it...

We need to understand the nature of vocational learning and...

No perfect answers after Paris attacks
Leo Brincat

Although those who resist a blank cheque approach to migration are often dismissed as insensitive, on the other hand an open door policy is in itself reckless...

Although those who resist a blank cheque approach to...

Cartoon: 25 November 2015

Labour MP Joe Debono Grech apologising for his verbal threat to independent MP Marlene Farrugia

Labour MP Joe Debono Grech apologising for his verbal...

We must prepare for a 30-year war in the Middle East
The Conversation

We have recently entered the 15th year of what used to be called the “War...

We have recently entered the 15th year of what used to be...

A gift from Sadeen to the Marsaskala local council
James Debono

The question remains: why is Sadeen, with no experience in running...

The question remains: why is Sadeen, with no experience in...

Going against one's own manifesto
Mark Anthony Sammut

We need more representatives who, like Marlene Farrugia, place their loyalty to constituents before that to their party

We need more representatives who, like Marlene Farrugia,...

Nuts? Definitely. Senile? Not at all…
Raphael Vassallo

Senile dementia implies a loss of cognitive faculties as a result of age. Mifsud Bonnici may fall into the sort of age bracket most commonly affected,...

Senile dementia implies a loss of cognitive faculties as a...