Letters: 17 May 2015

Plonk it here, please

Saviour Balzan

No sooner had Muscat declared his new conversion to environmentalism than he was unexpectedly but proudly celebrating the proposed building of a university campus on 90,000 square...

Government’s in freefall, and Muscat has no guts to stop it

Frank Psaila

The events of the past days have undoubtedly tarnished the government’s...

The events of the past days have undoubtedly tarnished the...

Michael Falzon

The time has come for a national independent commission on the Police Force, on the way it works and how it assumes responsibilities from existing laws, and to...

The time has come for a national independent commission on...

Raphael Vassallo

Removing the criminal penalties in Article 241 would not change the fact that abortion is illegal in Malta. No doctor, hospital or clinic would legally be able...

Removing the criminal penalties in Article 241 would not...

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot claim to be entirely innocent, even if entirely exonerated by the inquiry, of any direct...

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot...

Saviour Balzan

This new wave of strident calls for political responsibility brings to mind many such cases we would have had in the past.

This new wave of strident calls for political...

Let’s hope Black Friday doesn’t catch on here

Josanne Cassar

Just think if all the shops and stores adopted the custom of Black Friday...

Just think if all the shops and stores adopted the custom...

Administrative Tribunal disagrees with board’s interpretation of documentary evidence

Malcolm Mifsud

The Administrative Review Tribunal held on November 17, 2014 that the Transfer of Residence Exemption Board misinterpreted clear documentary evidence that an...

The Administrative Review Tribunal held on November 17,...

Raphael Vassallo

A week later, the precise sequence of events leading to that shootout remains unclear.

A week later, the precise sequence of events leading to...

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however distant, of Eddie Fenech Adami’s 1986 declaration that the budget was “irrelevant” in...

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however...

Evarist Bartolo

Those unemployed who have been receiving social benefits improperly, will be required to regularise their position by next February.

Those unemployed who have been receiving social benefits...

Trending

Saviour Balzan

JP Fabri

Malta’s sad WEEE saga: Proof of political impotence

Leo Brincat

Electronic and electrical waste is one particular area where we have been off...

Electronic and electrical waste is one particular area...

Evarist Bartolo

The initiatives we have launched focus on a specific area of need, such as early school leavers, illiteracy, languages and absenteeism among many others

The initiatives we have launched focus on a specific area...

Muscat can yet ‘buy’ MPs to the electorate’s gain

Matthew Vella

To turn Taghna Lkoll into a process of democratic politics, Muscat must revoke...

To turn Taghna Lkoll into a process of democratic politics,...

The uncultured bourgeoisie of the Maltese islands

Mark Camilleri

Concepts such as social responsibility and research and development are totally...

Concepts such as social responsibility and research and...

Raphael Vassallo

What I do know is that this attempt to minimise the incident – based on the underlying assumption that the ‘official version’ would be...

What I do know is that this attempt to minimise the...