The legitimacy of a government after an EP election defeat

Kevin Aquilina

Maltese political parties do not seem to suffer from this legitimacy syndrome. When the Labour Party lost the general election in 1981, it continued to govern for a full-term till...

Company director personally responsible for giving wrongful instructions

Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Courts on 16 May 2014 held that a company director was still personally responsible for damages after it was found that he had given instructions which...

Evarist Bartolo

Children are exceedingly intuitive and value respect, perhaps even if not fully comprehending the principle itself. Reaching out to them can give us insight

Children are exceedingly intuitive and value respect,...

Raphael Vassallo

You can generally tell your country’s lost its mojo when people start paying more attention to the events of around 70 years ago, than to things that...

You can generally tell your country’s lost its mojo when...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Saviour Balzan

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 by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

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...

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...