An Economy Minister walks into a bar…
Raphael Vassallo
As the Stable Pub owner found out to his cost this week, ‘parliamentary privilege’ means that all 73 of our MPs can simply libel anyone at any time they like…...
Cartoon: 26 July 2015
From one minister to the other, evolution of progress in environmental stewardship seems to be getting worse
Cartoon: 8 February 2015
The tragic tear in US-Israel relations
Alon Ben-Meir

The Israelis must deny Netanyahu another term in office because should he win, his victory will demonstrate that they are following a blind shepherd who is...

The Israelis must deny Netanyahu another term in office...

DNA establishes paternity of child
Malcolm Mifsud

A man proved that he is the natural father of a child in a DNA test, and also by confirming that he fathered the child.

A man proved that he is the natural father of a child...

‘Treat me like a fool, treat me mean and cruel…’
Raphael Vassallo

They are 'treated mean and cool' for selling superior habiliments... by...

They are 'treated mean and cool' for selling...

Isolated in more than one sense

The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as a major disruption of the economic direction in which the eurozone – of which Malta forms...

The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as...

Cartoon: 4 February 2015
A fat cat’s bordello of an amnesty
James Debono

Government wants to rake in millions of euros from fines while rewarding abusers with planning  permits through which they will make enough money to...

Government wants to rake in millions of euros from fines...

The 'most transparent government ever' joke
Ryan Callus

The Opposition has every right to question and request the publication of the...

The Opposition has every right to question and request the...

Europe grapples with its difficult Greek reality
Leo Brincat

After months of pondering about who Syriza really is or could be, the next...

After months of pondering about who Syriza really is or...

The four pillars of education
Evarist Bartolo

These four pillars form an integrated whole, complementing and strengthening each other. Education is, after all, a total experience.

These four pillars form an integrated whole, complementing...

Transparency is a commitment, not a choice

Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour government to remind...

Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour...

Simon, people want direct politics
Andrew Azzopardi

In the past the PN was known as a factory of ideas but now it is still struggling to engineer proposals, even because Joseph Muscat’s team always seem to...

In the past the PN was known as a factory of ideas but now...

Cities are about people, not monuments
Raphael Vassallo

Whichever way you look at Piano’s parliament – and I stress I refer only to the building itself, and not its immediate surroundings – it...

Whichever way you look at Piano’s parliament –...

Letters: 1 February 2015
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...

The question we must ask is, why is it that that ‘no...

Hands off Joseph, this is a people’s referendum
Saviour Balzan

If the referendum is lost, the gangs of contractors and speculators will have...

If the referendum is lost, the gangs of contractors and...

How to feel like a law-abiding fool
Josanne Cassar

It seems that everything in this country is favourably geared towards those who openly flout the law because somehow they know that, if they wait it out long...

It seems that everything in this country is favourably...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

We have to vote no in the referendum on spring hunting because this referendum is about reclaiming a countryside that is overrun by hunters

We have to vote no in the referendum on spring hunting...