Cartoon: 25 January 2015

New email revelations on George Farrugia now force a reconsideration of what information pardoned oil trader has been keeping secret

A salutary lesson in people power

Josanne Cassar

If people cower in the face of authority, nothing will ever change, and those who take heartless bureaucratic decisions which affect people’s lives will just keep doing it.

Raphael Vassallo

Brincat was fairly explicit in blaming 'both governments' in his irate comments at the airport on Monday: one for failing to evacuate him today, and...

Brincat was fairly explicit in blaming 'both...

Given the seriousness of the situation, the ongoing bickering between government and opposition over the Libyan crisis can only come across as misplaced and...

Given the seriousness of the situation, the ongoing...

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Henry Frendo

Alexander Cachia Zammit was a Borg Olivier loyalist who was one of only six MPs who voted with their leader against the bill to make Malta a republic, without...

Alexander Cachia Zammit was a Borg Olivier loyalist who was...

Evarist Bartolo

We’ve seen what the major issues were and we’ve started down the road to solve them.

We’ve seen what the major issues were and we’ve...

Ryan Callus

Joseph Muscat should perhaps consider promoting Marisa Farrugia to ambassadorial level

Joseph Muscat should perhaps consider promoting Marisa...

Legitimate criticism is not anti-Semitism

Raphael Vassallo

Even here in Malta, where we have been sheltered from these realities, it is...

Even here in Malta, where we have been sheltered from these...

From a legal point of view, the apparent inability to take action contrasts very sharply with the international criminal court’s handling of other...

From a legal point of view, the apparent inability to take...

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Saviour Balzan

The reason for ‘normal’ folk not to come out in favour of Palestine, I guess, is that rubbishing Israel is not the fashionable thing for those...

The reason for ‘normal’ folk not to come out in...

Josanne Cassar

In a real scenario happening right under our nose, what is required are concrete steps because panic, whining, finger-pointing and getting ourselves worked up...

In a real scenario happening right under our nose, what is...

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Saviour Balzan

Josanne Cassar

Defendant had no legal title to use the property

On 18 July, 2014, the Court of Appeal in its Superior Jurisdiction confirmed a...

On 18 July, 2014, the Court of Appeal in its Superior...

Boycott on Israel only solution to Gaza hell

Jurgen Balzan

A military, political and trade embargo will drive Israel into isolation since...

A military, political and trade embargo will drive Israel...

Even without the benefit of hindsight, it was naïve to think – as many at the time suggested – that Libya’s troubles would end with the...

Even without the benefit of hindsight, it was naïve to...

History repeats itself so much it stutters

Raphael Vassallo

In the past weeks, we have heard calls for the extermination of Palestinians...

In the past weeks, we have heard calls for the...

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Karl Schembri

A ceasefire without an end to the Israeli blockade will not last long, and today’s six-year-old will be living through their fourth war in a couple of...

A ceasefire without an end to the Israeli blockade will not...