Why deporting criminals will not work
Jurgen Balzan
If people are going to be deported because of their illegal actions, then why make a difference between a Maltese or foreign criminal?
A wake up call from Panama
James Debono
Revelations on Konrad Mizzi's shell company in Panama were a wake-up call for the nation. It leaves the government with egg on its face, the Opposition incapable of rising...
Not everyone is ‘wise after the event’…
Raphael Vassallo

Listen to the reactions today, and you’d think ‘car-crashes’...

Listen to the reactions today, and you’d think...

Will voters trust Muscat again?

By Claudette Buttigieg

By Claudette Buttigieg

Tackling the skills’ gap
Evarist Bartolo

Both educators and employers have to work hand in hand to ensure that our young people can apply both the knowledge and the hard and soft skills they learn at...

Both educators and employers have to work hand in hand to...

Cartoon: 7 October 2015

Joe Mizzi's traffic problems cannot seem to get any worse...

Joe Mizzi's traffic problems cannot seem to get any...

Keeping vilification law is about power politics
Mark Camilleri

We shouldn’t allow the Nationalists to scaremonger their way into power...

We shouldn’t allow the Nationalists to scaremonger...

Meritocracy: a blatantly forgotten promise

It is true that there is a prevalence of public positions given to persons with...

It is true that there is a prevalence of public positions...

The word ‘custody’ has a meaning
Raphael Vassallo

Is there any equivalent set of guidelines governing the local police custody scenario? We are, after all, talking about one of the highest risk-of-suicide...

Is there any equivalent set of guidelines governing the...

The way to hell
Michael Falzon

Scrap ‘our’ electoral system. It is the only way this country can get out of the clientelism trap.

Scrap ‘our’ electoral system. It is the only...

The writing on the wall
Saviour Balzan

Government can no longer blame the past anymore. It can no longer blame the previous administration for simply everything that goes wrong.

Government can no longer blame the past anymore. It can no...

Sending the wrong message on domestic violence
Josanne Cassar

When a magistrate says “he could understand” a man’s...

When a magistrate says “he could...

Cartoon: 4 October 2015

End of an era as Tony Zarb bows out...

End of an era as Tony Zarb bows out...

Cartoon: 30 September 2015

Patriots 'made in Malta' with 'made in China' flags...

Patriots 'made in Malta' with 'made in...

Make them shiny, make them wide…
Raphael Vassallo

That’s the thing with old photos. They have a habit of making you look at the present from a slightly different perspective.

That’s the thing with old photos. They have a habit...

Right to strike under threat

The GWU was right in calling the strike, also because workers and commuters alike deserve a fair deal from the new operators.

The GWU was right in calling the strike, also because...

Why PN’s cheap fuel demand is downright loony
Ralph Cassar

Fuel costs are burdened by excise duties because our thirst for oil means...

Fuel costs are burdened by excise duties because our thirst...

New challenges and fresh opportunities in tourism

By Edward Zammit Lewis, Tourism Minister

By Edward Zammit Lewis, Tourism Minister

Before and beyond the Syrian calamity
Alon Ben-Meir

The search for a solution to Syria’s civil war and the unfolding tragedy of the Syrian refugees can be found only by defeating ISIS while simultaneously...

The search for a solution to Syria’s civil war and...

Cartoon: 27 September 2015

Adventures in political environmentalism...

Adventures in political environmentalism...