Reforming drug laws is not a game
Raphael Vassallo
It is now about the recognition that ‘the game’ has in fact been lost by all parties concerned, and the rules need to be redevised from scratch.
Time running out for the PN
Frank Psaila
The Maltese Catholic Church has a leadership crisis. We have a defunct church
Increasing employability skills to combat unemployment
Evarist Bartolo

Although a majority of EU states have faced an increase in unemployment,...

Although a majority of EU states have faced an increase in...

Perceptions on budget and citizenship

Whether the IIP will prove to be a permanent source of revenue that lightens Malta’s tax burden is something yet to be proven.

Whether the IIP will prove to be a permanent source of...

Cartoon 10 November 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Making work pay, but for how long?
Michael Briguglio

The ‘make work pay’ policy should be coupled with an increased drive to combat precarious employment

The ‘make work pay’ policy should be coupled with an...

Facebook Advertising
Daniel Coleiro Kingswell

A popular saying exemplifying how difficult it is to reach potential customers using traditional advertising is that of John Wanamaker when he stated that...

A popular saying exemplifying how difficult it is to reach...

More than just absurd
Saviour Balzan

The police, in their sloppiness, have made a martyr of Norman Vella.

The police, in their sloppiness, have made a martyr of...

The Maltese waitress: an endangered species
Michael Falzon

The Maltese waitress is an endangered species because we are a spoilt nation

The Maltese waitress is an endangered species because we...

Never mind passports. It’s now justice that’s up for sale
Raphael Vassallo

In the Holmes case, there is no doubt in my mind that the nationality of the...

In the Holmes case, there is no doubt in my mind that the...

Opening doors to education and employment
Evarist Bartolo

SEC exams are a door to the future – if this is closed, then students face...

SEC exams are a door to the future – if this is closed,...

Sliding doors and the disaster at Mistra

When the first sign of interest in building a mega cluster of high-rise apartments in Xemxija Heights, St Paul’s Bay, was revealed in the press in 2008, the...

When the first sign of interest in building a mega cluster...

Why I like Pope Francis
Evarist Bartolo

Pope Francis has been chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church in difficult times.

Pope Francis has been chosen to lead the Roman Catholic...

More Europe on migration? Then support the FTT
James Debono

Malta rightly expects Europe to share the burden on immigration. But is Malta...

Malta rightly expects Europe to share the burden on...

Enough already!
Claudine Cassar

Clearly, the Booted eagle massacre was not a case of one crazed loon breaking the law – but a number of them, all over the island

Clearly, the Booted eagle massacre was not a case of one...

‘If it flies, it dies’
Raphael Vassallo

...to which I am sorely tempted to reply: "And if you hunt, you're a c***."

...to which I am sorely tempted to reply: "And if you hunt,...

Towards a common approach to migration

This time, it is opposition leader Simon Busuttil’s turn to deflate the government’s claims of having ‘achieved results’ in the Council of Ministers...

This time, it is opposition leader Simon Busuttil’s turn...

Cartoon 30 October 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Some budgetary priorities for 2014
Michael Briguglio

Labour should propose a budget which gives priority to social and environmental policies whilst ensuring Malta’s relative economic stability.

Labour should propose a budget which gives priority to...

The sanitised debate on civil unions
James Debono

While the introduction of civil unions is a welcome step towards greater social inclusion, it has exposed the lack of a real organic debate within political...

While the introduction of civil unions is a welcome step...