Letters: 18 October 2015
Why become a freemason?
Saviour Balzan
Why someone should feel the need to become a freemason is very clear to me. I’m sure there’s some added value to the whole experience, and not just bizarre rituals.
Trickle down... and tell me when?
Saviour Balzan

Labour and prime ministerial contender Ed Miliband could very well win the election, because most of the British electorate does not really seem to understand...

Labour and prime ministerial contender Ed Miliband could...

The ‘I-hate-my-country’ syndrome
Josanne Cassar

There is anger from those love who their country so much that they cannot stand to see it ruined by politicians who treat it like their own fiefdom

There is anger from those love who their country so much...

Dear Joseph, natural parks are not bargaining chips
James Debono

The Prime Minister plays a deceitful game by using a natural park in the south...

The Prime Minister plays a deceitful game by using a...

Cartoon: 3 May 2015

No problems for the Prime Minister with the online rants of WTO 'special envoy' Joe Grima

No problems for the Prime Minister with the online rants of...

Penalty clause must be applied according to the principles of equity
Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrates Court in Gozo decided that a penalty clause in a contract of...

The Magistrates Court in Gozo decided that a penalty clause...

Spring hunting issue far from settled

 Despite a meagre season for migration this spring, hunters still managed to pepper the season with irregularities.

 Despite a meagre season for migration this spring,...

Attack of the terrorist monti hawkers
Raphael Vassallo

 Isn’t it kind of late to be having sudden epiphanies about the security levels needed for the new parliament building?

 Isn’t it kind of late to be having sudden...

Cartoon: 29 April 2015

Deciphering Joseph Muscat's tweet announcing the closure of the spring hunting season  

Deciphering Joseph Muscat's tweet announcing the...

We narrowed the gap because we are regaining trust
Chris Said

For Joseph Muscat’s Labour the message was the oft repeated sentence that...

For Joseph Muscat’s Labour the message was the oft...

Plants can change the world
Evarist Bartolo

The Argotti Botanical complex will help sustain an edutainment and children’s area through a set of science edutainment models that will be set up for...

The Argotti Botanical complex will help sustain an...

Migration requires a long-term vision

After so many years of virtually ignoring the issue, it makes a welcome change that Europe finally intends to address the problem head-on. 

After so many years of virtually ignoring the issue, it...

Back in the game
Ryan Callus

Labour clearly underestimated the potential of Simon Busuttil. Joseph Muscat’s strategy of ridiculing the Leader of the Opposition has backfired

Labour clearly underestimated the potential of Simon...

And the band played on…
Raphael Vassallo

Attitudes, like facial expressions, are to be swapped and changed according to the demands of circumstance.

Attitudes, like facial expressions, are to be swapped and...

Letters: 26 April 2015
Past and future tense
Saviour Balzan

Bringing democracy to a country void of institutions is an exercise in madness

Bringing democracy to a country void of institutions is an...

The world we live in
Josanne Cassar

Hollywood gossip makes the headlines with the same frequency and with the same prominence as horrifying world events.

Hollywood gossip makes the headlines with the same...

Cartoon: 26 April 2015

France and the UK get ready to ask the United Nations for a Security Council resolution to destroy smugglers' boats inside Libyan ports

France and the UK get ready to ask the United Nations for a...

Can Latin America and the United States overcome the past?
The Conversation

Reopening embassies will not end the US economic embargo against Cuba, nor...

Reopening embassies will not end the US economic embargo...