We narrowed the gap because we are regaining trust
Chris Said
For Joseph Muscat’s Labour the message was the oft repeated sentence that ‘You can fool some people for some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people for all of...
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 children to learn more...
The untouchables
Frank Psaila

Under both Nationalist and now Labour administrations blue-eyed boys and girls have been appointed to positions of trust just because they happen to be...

Under both Nationalist and now Labour administrations...

Let’s all bash single mothers, then…
Raphael Vassallo

Just think of all the things we could do with those €4.5 million when we’re no longer using it to feed and clothe your children

Just think of all the things we could do with those...

A state of the nation speech

The days ahead will surely lead to further discussion and scrutiny of the budget and a more profound examination of the accuracy of the estimates and targets...

The days ahead will surely lead to further discussion and...

Precarious work needs full-time solution

Action needs to be taken at both local (government) and international (EU) level, with a view to ensuring that all workers are entitled to benefit from the...

Action needs to be taken at both local (government) and...

Joseph’s Cabinet blues
Michael Falzon

It is obvious that the euphoria of Labour’s historic electoral victory is over and Joseph Muscat’s ministers have been re-dimensioned by the man in...

It is obvious that the euphoria of Labour’s historic...

The Phantom of the Orpheum (a wild ghoul chase)
Raphael Vassallo

What contemporary myths suggest is that it takes more than just folklore and...

What contemporary myths suggest is that it takes more than...

Cartoon: 16 November 2014

Ahead of Budget 2015, Edward Fenech plans a carrot and stick approach to benefits

Ahead of Budget 2015, Edward Fenech plans a carrot and...

Letters : 16 November 2014
MaltaToday, 15 years later
Saviour Balzan

MaltaToday found its roots in the journalism of
1989 in alternattiva, where I spent a good seven years hitting out at a corrupt and unreformed Labour Party...

MaltaToday found its roots in the journalism of
1989 in...

Our virtual arguments seldom feature in the real world
Josanne Cassar

When I talk to people face to face, rather than virtually, I realize that quite...

When I talk to people face to face, rather than virtually,...

Giving a second chance
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Criminal Appeal on November 3, 2014 told a Magistrate’s Court to reactivate a suspended sentence in order to give an accused person another...

The Court of Criminal Appeal on November 3, 2014 told a...

Standing up to the ODZ threat

The fact that a government entity is entertaining ideas about hotels on ODZ also raises questions on land reclamation plans.

The fact that a government entity is entertaining ideas...

Providing for the present, and the future
Evarist Bartolo

Unlike in the past, the graduates of today don’t know where they will be...

Unlike in the past, the graduates of today don’t know...

Waste, climate and shale challenges
Leo Brincat

Malta argued that a long term and sustainable vision for waste management and in particular recycling is necessary, particularly for a small country of its size

Malta argued that a long term and sustainable vision for...

Cartoon: 12 November 2014

Malta Developers' Association president Sandro Chetcuti seems to have his own plans for the environment...

Malta Developers' Association president Sandro Chetcuti...

Time for a reform of broadcasting

Attesting to the difficulty of this challenge is the fact that the TPPI report constitutes but one of many attempts over the years

Attesting to the difficulty of this challenge is the fact...

Money, money, money
Ryan Callus

The disagreement between the two major political parties on party financing boils down to the unfair level playing field in favour of the Labour Party 

The disagreement between the two major political parties on...

Spot the tea party
James Debono

Decreasing income tax as proposed by the PN to top up the meager 58 cents increase simply results in less revenue for public services.  With Labour ...

Decreasing income tax as proposed by the PN to top up the...