We’ve struck oil and the future is scary
Josanne Cassar
For all the laughter, I think the audience at Sibna z-Zejt realized that its satire had zeroed in on one too many home truths and that while we are alienated with living our...
Cartoon: 24 May 2015
Joseph Muscat's American University gets a Hollywood movie reinvention...
A government with no ears
Ryan Callus

By this way of doing things, the Government has made a mockery out of the public consultation process 

By this way of doing things, the Government has made a...

Letters: 7 December 2014
Classism of 2014
Raphael Vassallo

In Malta, politicians stolidly refuse to step down even when they are themselves the subject of criminal inquiries into allegations of attempting to cover up a...

In Malta, politicians stolidly refuse to step down even...

That’s no way to treat journalists, Simon
Josanne Cassar

Simon Busuttil’s new confrontational attitude was completely misplaced at...

Simon Busuttil’s new confrontational attitude was...

Cartoon: 7 December 2014

Manuel Mallia was greeted with exceptional warmth in his last ever public consultation meeting...

Manuel Mallia was greeted with exceptional warmth in his...

No ‘ifs’ or ‘buts’, Mallia must go
James Debono

Mallia cannot remain responsible for the police force while the same police...

Mallia cannot remain responsible for the police force while...

When a res judicata plea can be raised
Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court rejected  a plea that the issue being discussed was already decided upon in a judgment of the Court of Appeal, since it...

The First Hall of the Civil Court rejected  a plea...

Joseph Muscat: From PM to CEO?
Kevin-James Fenech

If our Prime Minister wants to run government more like a business he first needs to facilitate a new Constitution and herald a new way of governing. 

If our Prime Minister wants to run government more like a...

Reappraising Giorgio
Henry Frendo

Gorg Borg Olivier’s legacy was as much one of an independent statehood as of an internal freedom where the separation of powers functioned, law and order...

Gorg Borg Olivier’s legacy was as much one of an...

Not business as usual

Prime Minister Muscat has so far resisted taking any decision, arguing that the inquiry must be concluded before the Opposition’s motion can be...

Prime Minister Muscat has so far resisted taking any...

Talk about a 'miscarriage of justice'...
Raphael Vassallo

There is something singularly absurd about a prosecution and conviction for a crime that not only didn’t happen, but – much more significantly...

There is something singularly absurd about a prosecution...

Our economic plan is on track
Evarist Bartolo

The number of employees in the private sector has increased but there are certain interesting factors that give a clearer dimension to this figure. 

The number of employees in the private sector has increased...

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...

For want of a horseshoe nail
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...

Let’s discuss abortion. Oh no, wait…
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...

Cartoon: 30 November 2014
Resignation culture still missing

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...

'What goes around comes around'
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...