OK, Mario go ahead… waste our money
Ryan Callus
What is scandalous about the Café Premier is the fact that the government could have reacquired the site without spending one cent of taxpayer money
Why the Smart Card had to go
Evarist Bartolo
The utilisation of the card was tied to a condition that it was to be strictly used for educational purposes. The intention of this condition may be considered laudable, but alas...
My interview with Simon Busuttil
James Debono

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to fall... while not moving an inch from his party’s centre-right identity.

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to...

Early literacy: everyone’s responsibility
Evarist Bartolo

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of recommendations on how to...

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of...

Changing times
Ryan Callus

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world can live together. For that to happen – hopefully some day it will – it is necessary to...

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world...

Who’s abusing whom?
Manuel Mangani

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal of a MUSEUM volunteer accused of sexual abuse, on top of a couple of other situations where...

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal...

Plastic in our seas ends up on our plates
Leo Brincat

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture tends to flagrantly...

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture...

Juncker’s risky Commission gamble

Given the Commission’s unflattering history when it comes to Commissioners placing their nation state’s interests above the responsibilities of...

Given the Commission’s unflattering history when it...

Europe’s incredible shrinking environmental commitment
Raphael Vassallo

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European Parliament, it would...

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European...

Letters: 14th September 2014
Cartoon: 14 September 2014

Karmenu Vella is appointed European Commissioner with the responsiblity for the environment and tasked with a review of the Birds Directive: will he be...

Karmenu Vella is appointed European Commissioner with the...

Why women stay
Josanne Cassar

There comes a point when we have to stop being so overly concerned with the wellbeing of the adults in the picture, and turn our focus on the children

There comes a point when we have to stop being so overly...

Erdogan needs a spasm of lucidity
Alon Ben-Meir

Turkey’s Islamization under Erdogan and his deliberate compromising of Turkey’s democratic principles by jailing journalists without trial, point...

Turkey’s Islamization under Erdogan and his...

Debtor will have to pay interest and judicial costs
Malcolm Mifsud

If a debtor does not show that there was a valid reason not to pay a debt, then...

If a debtor does not show that there was a valid reason not...

Something’s got to give
Raphael Vassallo

A lot of Scots – certainly the majority who voted for the SNP at the last election – are unhappy with the same status quo, and want it changed......

A lot of Scots – certainly the majority who voted for...

Raise transport subsidies, not fares

While Arriva did bring about positive improvements as regards pricing and greater discipline among drivers, it failed on the more basic aim of providing access...

While Arriva did bring about positive improvements as...

Lobbying must become transparent and regularised
Andrew Azzopardi

We need to do all that is possible to avoid having our social policy stained by...

We need to do all that is possible to avoid having our...

Subsidy is not a dirty word
James Debono

The Chamber of Commerce would rather have society subsidise the energy bills of its members, than invest in a public transport system for all.

The Chamber of Commerce would rather have society subsidise...

2,283 reasons for co-education
Evarist Bartolo

The real pity is that co-education hasn’t been done before now. Malta is among the last countries in the world to change this on a state level; in the...

The real pity is that co-education hasn’t been done...

Labour’s laissez-faire hits home with law-abiding citizens
Frank Psaila

The idea that anything goes, and that this country should spiral into a free...

The idea that anything goes, and that this country should...