We could all learn a thing or two from Tal-Ajkla
Raphael Vassallo
We all need Zaren Bonnici in politics because he has so much to teach us all about life.
What the PN needs...
There can be little doubt, then, who really needs to “wake up and smell the coffee”.
An inconvenient truth

Seven months after the change in government, there is a decided feeling of déjà vu in the country.

Seven months after the change in government, there is a...

That is why we are a Western democracy
Saviour Balzan

Is it right for a minister’s wife to be given an appointment, like a direct order by a government entity?

Is it right for a minister’s wife to be given an...

To bind the bully’s fist

As the recently formed Anti-Cyber Harassment Alliance made its first public appearance yesterday, there is mounting evidence that the issue it purports to...

As the recently formed Anti-Cyber Harassment Alliance made...

Ten years later
Saviour Balzan

Simon Busuttil wants the PN to be a fighting force. But he must invest in the younger generation, and reinvent what the PN stands for.

Simon Busuttil wants the PN to be a fighting force. But he...

What’s in a ‘boo’?
Claudine Cassar

When I heard that the crowd booed when the presenter called out Simon Busuttil’s name I could not help but wonder – did the PN supporters in the crowd want...

When I heard that the crowd booed when the presenter called...

Sickening the country with sick leave
Michael Falzon

Time has come for the medical profession to put its act together and ensure that doctors refrain from being willing and compliant accomplices to this sickening...

Time has come for the medical profession to put its act...

Put your marijuana where your mouth is
Raphael Vassallo

The police’s ‘war on drugs’ starts looking suspiciously like a war on harmless little teenagers, while seriously dangerous crooks are free to run amok

The police’s ‘war on drugs’ starts looking...

Light at the end of the tunnel
Evarist Bartolo

Decreasing the financial burden on Enemalta not only safeguards jobs but creates new ones too.

Decreasing the financial burden on Enemalta not only...

When a Bill of Exchange is due for payment

The First Hall of the Civil Courts in its judgment delivered on 19 September...

The First Hall of the Civil Courts in its judgment...

Fitch wants austerity: but this is no gospel truth
Michael Briguglio

Fitch is technically correct on Malta's deteriorating public finances, but this...

Fitch is technically correct on Malta's deteriorating...

The ties that bind us

People can adapt to cultures in other ways. And the importance given to language in our survey also points us in the direction of a possible long-term solution.

People can adapt to cultures in other ways. And the...

Cartoon 22 September 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon 19 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon 18 September 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Instant karma’s gonna get you…
Raphael Vassallo

Booed at Rockestra? This is the culture Simon et al took such an enthusiastic role in creating and inculcating.

Booed at Rockestra? This is the culture Simon et al took...

Family matters

It remains surprising that a political party so critical of the ‘friends of friends’ mentality would so quickly succumb to almost the exact same habit now...

It remains surprising that a political party so critical of...

Deportation order did not breach fundamental human rights - Joseph Mizzi

On 12 April 2013 the First Hall Civil Court, Constitutional Jurisdiction, presided over by Honourable Justice Mr Gino Camilleri in the case Saaidia Chabab vs...

On 12 April 2013 the First Hall Civil Court, Constitutional...

Deportation order did not breach fundamental human rights

On 12 April 2013 the First Hall Civil Court, Constitutional Jurisdiction,...

On 12 April 2013 the First Hall Civil Court, Constitutional...