Hunting referendum: No campaigners must get their act together
Carmen Sammut
The question we must ask is, why is it that that ‘no campaign’ is leaving the anti-hunting voters apathetic and cold? Why is the ‘no campaign’ so...
Hands off Joseph, this is a people’s referendum
Saviour Balzan
If the referendum is lost, the gangs of contractors and speculators will have no qualms in going on to change Malta and Gozo into their wilderness of concrete and ugliness
Youth Guarantee, making a difference
Evarist Bartolo

We have not shied away from exposing problems over the past 17 months and we promise not to do so in the coming years. If you don’t acknowledge the...

We have not shied away from exposing problems over the past...

Did someone say ‘compensation’?
Raphael Vassallo

The offer of compensation for household damages incurred by last Tuesday’s power cut is demonstration that time travel really is possible

The offer of compensation for household damages incurred by...

Compensation doesn’t address the problem

The government cannot simply pick and choose whom to compensate in what...

The government cannot simply pick and choose whom to...

When it is no longer fashionable to be modern
Saviour Balzan

The modern society is exemplified by our new set of values, which we can now...

The modern society is exemplified by our new set of values,...

The cathartic effect of collective mourning
Josanne Cassar

What is wrong in sharing a feeling of sorrow through social media if it helps...

What is wrong in sharing a feeling of sorrow through social...

Court sends relapser to jail
Malcolm Mifsud

A court sent a relapser to prison after he was accused of theft, to which he pleaded guilty.

A court sent a relapser to prison after he was accused...

Employers sometimes abuse the system, too

Not only has the MEA failed to address the serious issue of ongoing abuse of...

Not only has the MEA failed to address the serious issue of...

Do you realise…?
Raphael Vassallo

If to be funny is to be sad – and Williams was undeniably a very funny man – well, the evidence for his unhappiness was there all along, staring at...

If to be funny is to be sad – and Williams was...

Cartoon: 13 August 2014

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Playing with democracy
Ryan Callus

If local elections are not worth holding due to financial reasons, then how can you justify splurging on outrageous paychecks?

If local elections are not worth holding due to financial...

Busuttil’s ‘washing line’, Muscat’s mess and a bottleneck at the Curia
Frank Psaila

Muscat’s advisors tried to make him look like a hero, who rescued Galea from certain death, but instead made Muscat look like a reckless fool

Muscat’s advisors tried to make him look like a hero,...

Building a tomorrow
Evarist Bartolo

Unlike in previous years, we will not be having one school project per year but multiple works being carried out in parallel. Not any less important is that we...

Unlike in previous years, we will not be having one school...

Public transport and public sector employment
Michael Falzon

This ministerial behaviour is completely unorthodox and utterly unacceptable....

This ministerial behaviour is completely unorthodox and...

Dealing with an increase in crime

In a country where immigration has already exacerbated racist sentiment, it is all too easy to pin the blame on society’s most vulnerable sectors.

In a country where immigration has already exacerbated...

History is just as important as maths
James Debono

The reaction  on the social media and elsewhere to shocking events in Iraq and Palestine exposes crass ignorance on current affairs of a society with no...

The reaction  on the social media and elsewhere to...

Cartoon: 10 August 2014

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Letters: 10th August 2014
Hate speech, hangovers
Saviour Balzan

The Malta Employers’ Association did not deal only with hangovers, it also extended its silly concerns to sport injuries.

The Malta Employers’ Association did not deal only...