Saving Syria and its children
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
Aid organizations need more support but it is not too late to make a difference and be a part of the movement to help save a generation of Syria’s children.
Idleness is not an option
Evarist Bartolo
The government is being proactive in making inroads for unemployed individuals to break out of an unemployed life
Fraudulent donation contracts thrown out

The Court concluded that the property in question was donated fraudulently and with the intention to prejudice the plaintiff’s rights which emanated from a...

The Court concluded that the property in question was...

Of girlfriends and red Ferraris
Saviour Balzan

I have this funny feeling that the PN is being told to genuflect before everyone and everything to make it – how shall I put it – a party of no principles.

I have this funny feeling that the PN is being told to...

Trigger-happy fools
Claudine Cassar

Kudos to the FKNK for doing the right thing and standing firm against those who break the law and bring all hunters into disrepute

Kudos to the FKNK for doing the right thing and standing...

Bringing Malta and China closer
Evarist Bartolo

Scholarships to study in China are available to Maltese students, and if they want to study in some of the most dynamic universities of the 21st century, they...

Scholarships to study in China are available to Maltese...

How about 365 Carnivals a year…?
Raphael Vassallo

Since when are the words ‘former police inspector’ and ‘lawyer’ considered instant job clinchers in an application for the post of secretary to a...

Since when are the words ‘former police inspector’ and...

No ordinary whitewash

What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN report seems to suggest, is to ensure fair representation for all internal voices within the party...

What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN...

One small step by Muscat, one giant leap into the dark
Saviour Balzan

Putting MPs on government boards is a very bad decision...

Putting MPs on government boards is a very bad decision...

Between an amnesty and three carnivals
James Debono

There is something disturbing about portraying a change in government as some sort of epochal, joyous event warranting an amnesty for prisoners.

There is something disturbing about portraying a change in...

Two wrongs don’t make a right

Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to account. How can the opposition properly fulfil this role, if its own members are numbered among the...

Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to...

When is a foreigner a tourist?

Appeals Court overturns guilty verdict that found a man guilty of renting a flat to a foreigner without an adequate licence.

Appeals Court overturns guilty verdict that found a man...

The Antonio Ghio saga… and the realm of babies
Saviour Balzan

If this is meritocracy it reminds me of the last time I ordered lasagna and got...

If this is meritocracy it reminds me of the last time I...

Is Labour managing the tension?
Michael Falzon

The strain is already showing. The number of Labour supporters demanding a job with the State has not abated and is putting all the Cabinet under severe and...

The strain is already showing. The number of Labour...

Facebook shenanigans
Claudine Cassar

Posting a video on Facebook simply to foment hatred towards all Muslims is just not on

Posting a video on Facebook simply to foment hatred towards...

They draw the laws up, yes, but… who applies them?
Raphael Vassallo

The blame for the injustice arising out of the judiciary’s obstinate refusal...

The blame for the injustice arising out of the...

Let us celebrate Don Lorenzo Milani
Evarist Bartolo

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali (Pastoral Experiences), and although it did not breach any point of doctrine, it was considered too...

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali...

The budget that cried wolf

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral ‘auction sale’, the same criticism will have to be levelled at today’s government for failing to...

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral...

Between fat cats and migrants
James Debono

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about illegal migrants or foreign workers are silent on facilitating a permanent residency scheme aimed at...

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about...

The death of fiscal populism
Michael Briguglio

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure, we can wave goodbye to the supermarket policies of Malta's 2 major political parties.

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure,...