Too little, too late
Bearing in mind that this review had been sparked by at least one death as a result of shortcomings in Malta’s detention policy, it is little short of alarming that the...
Concerted effort needed
Evarist Bartolo
The real problem is that too many young people are pushed down an educational route that is not right for them, primarily because there was no other option
When supply is free, demand is infinite
Michael Falzon

The truth is that, over time, the state has been financing the housing of more people who do not deserve it than of those who do, because of their dire...

The truth is that, over time, the state has been financing...

There is more than one kind of ‘worth’

If the Muscat administration wants to live up to its earlier promise of a just...

If the Muscat administration wants to live up to its...

The fourth estate and all that rubbish
Saviour Balzan

The robustness of the fourth estate very much depends on the political class, many of whom consider the media as a threat to their very existence

The robustness of the fourth estate very much depends on...

Think first, type later
Josanne Cassar

Keep Joe Grima away from a keyboard and yes, please, remove him from his position as ‘special envoy to the World Tourism Organisation’ (whatever...

Keep Joe Grima away from a keyboard and yes, please, remove...

Hot butter, hot bother
Wayne Flask

Threatening a Facebook page with legal action because they poked fun at you? Sorry Sandro Micallef: your now-famous expression about knives sinking into hot...

Threatening a Facebook page with legal action because they...

Non-payment of VAT to department is not misappropriation
Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrates Court on 8 May 2014 in the name of Il-Pulizija –v-...

The Magistrates Court on 8 May 2014 in the name of...

Malta needs to confront its weight problem

Local and international studies suggest that weight problems, in particular...

Local and international studies suggest that weight...

Better late than never... sort of
Raphael Vassallo

Under the present legal regime, a doctor who prescribes marijuana to a patient can conceivably be charged with ‘sharing’ a drug which is also...

Under the present legal regime, a doctor who prescribes...

Time to back off?
John Baldacchino

I am very pleased that Dr Simon Busuttil decided to pull out of what he aptly calls the party leaders’ “Sunday sermons”. I do hope that the...

I am very pleased that Dr Simon Busuttil decided to pull...

A selfie for the PN
Evarist Bartolo

Simon Busuttil is still surrounded by the some of the same old faces with the same old problems.

Simon Busuttil is still surrounded by the some of the same...

In defence of the Constitution's supremacy
Kevin Aquilina

I can never agree that the Commission for the Administration of Justice...

I can never agree that the Commission for the...

What happened to that judicial reform?
Raphael Vassallo

How many more gross miscarriages of justice must this country see, before we finally realise that the entire system needs to be overhauled from scratch?

How many more gross miscarriages of justice must this...

Integration removes the barrier
Farah Abdi

Cultural orientation and language classes go a long way in making migrants less of strangers

Cultural orientation and language classes go a long way in...

Small steps forward, giant strides back

The trapping precedent shows us how government achieves this aim, too: as a rule, by delegating responsibility to a supposedly independent authoritative...

The trapping precedent shows us how government achieves...

Cartoon 8 June 2014

Cartoon for MaltaToday on Sunday by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon for MaltaToday on Sunday by Mark Scicluna

Letters: 8th June 2014
Just how deprived are we of grey matter?
Saviour Balzan

The worst offence Muscat could commit, would be to genuflect to the hunters and insist that the referendum on spring hunting is held as a stand alone and not...

The worst offence Muscat could commit, would be to...

When the price is right
Josanne Cassar

After all those years that Sant spent railing and protesting against Bondiplus, deflating the whole thing turned out to be quite easy huh?

After all those years that Sant spent railing and...