Cartoon: 10 May 2015
Scuttling off Giovanna Debono - more change inside the PN.
Constitutional Court has jurisdiction to hear eviction case
Malcolm Mifsud
The First Hall of the Civil Courts in its constitutional jurisdiction held that it was empowered to hear and decide on a constitutional application asking for the eviction of...
Not business as usual

Prime Minister Muscat has so far resisted taking any decision, arguing that the inquiry must be concluded before the Opposition’s motion can be...

Prime Minister Muscat has so far resisted taking any...

Talk about a 'miscarriage of justice'...
Raphael Vassallo

There is something singularly absurd about a prosecution and conviction for a crime that not only didn’t happen, but – much more significantly...

There is something singularly absurd about a prosecution...

Our economic plan is on track
Evarist Bartolo

The number of employees in the private sector has increased but there are certain interesting factors that give a clearer dimension to this figure. 

The number of employees in the private sector has increased...

Government’s in freefall, and Muscat has no guts to stop it
Frank Psaila

The events of the past days have undoubtedly tarnished the government’s...

The events of the past days have undoubtedly tarnished the...

For want of a horseshoe nail
Michael Falzon

The time has come for a national independent commission on the Police Force, on the way it works and how it assumes responsibilities from existing laws, and to...

The time has come for a national independent commission on...

Let’s discuss abortion. Oh no, wait…
Raphael Vassallo

Removing the criminal penalties in Article 241 would not change the fact that abortion is illegal in Malta. No doctor, hospital or clinic would legally be able...

Removing the criminal penalties in Article 241 would not...

Cartoon: 30 November 2014
Resignation culture still missing

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot claim to be entirely innocent, even if entirely exonerated by the inquiry, of any direct...

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot...

'What goes around comes around'
Saviour Balzan

This new wave of strident calls for political responsibility brings to mind many such cases we would have had in the past. 

This new wave of strident calls for political...

Letters: 30 November 2014
Let’s hope Black Friday doesn’t catch on here
Josanne Cassar

Just think if all the shops and stores adopted the custom of Black Friday...

Just think if all the shops and stores adopted the custom...

Administrative Tribunal disagrees with board’s interpretation of documentary evidence
Malcolm Mifsud

The Administrative Review Tribunal held on November 17, 2014 that the Transfer of Residence Exemption Board misinterpreted clear documentary evidence that an...

The Administrative Review Tribunal held on November 17,...

Shoot first, ask questions later
Raphael Vassallo

A week later, the precise sequence of events leading to that shootout remains unclear. 

A week later, the precise sequence of events leading to...

A budget overshadowed

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however distant, of Eddie Fenech Adami’s 1986 declaration that the budget was “irrelevant” in...

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however...

Result of a well thought-out strategy
Evarist Bartolo

Those unemployed who have been receiving social benefits improperly, will be required to regularise their position by next February. 

Those unemployed who have been receiving social benefits...

Malta’s sad WEEE saga: Proof of political impotence
Leo Brincat

Electronic and electrical waste is one particular area where we have been off...

Electronic and electrical waste is one particular area...

Tools for low-skilled youths
Evarist Bartolo

The initiatives we have launched focus on a specific area of need, such as early school leavers, illiteracy, languages and absenteeism among many others

The initiatives we have launched focus on a specific area...

Cartoon: 26 November 2014