How does Malta intend to ‘unwaveringly support’ Ukraine, exactly?
Raphael Vassallo
Not-news | So why should the same ‘Neutrality clause’ suddenly stop Robert Abela from… well, doing precisely what’s he doing right now, in the case...
Brincat’s opinions might be a load of BS…  but so was the ensuing ‘outrage’
Raphael Vassallo
Now: like all good dictionary definitions, this one is sufficiently vague to account for a certain ‘flexibility’, in the way the word is actually used
You shouldn't hoard them all for yourself, but really and truly there's no hard-and-fast rule that's stopping you

No. 209 - I Came In Like A Racketball

No. 209 - I Came In Like A Racketball

The Y-plates saga: The law of the jungle benefits no one

The onus is on the authorities to ensure Malta has a cab sector that is...

The onus is on the authorities to ensure Malta has a cab...

What’s the point of ‘National Strategy Plans’... if we never actually implement any of them?
Raphael Vassallo

Naturally, this leaves us with the most imponderable question of them all. If government itself doesn’t take its own ‘National Strategy...

Naturally, this leaves us with the most imponderable...

Inflation here to stay
Michael Falzon

This happened after last year’s record COLA increase and it will happen again this year

This happened after last year’s record COLA increase...

‘Speak to someone, they will arrange it for you’
Josanne Cassar

The reality is that it is never worth the risk because inevitably, it will...

The reality is that it is never worth the risk because...

Cartoon: 17 September 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

A case for EU strategic autonomy

Buying an electric vehicle is still a very costly venture, even with the generous government scheme that covers part of the cost for consumers

Buying an electric vehicle is still a very costly venture,...

The Prime Minister who cried: ‘It’s the Wollof! It’s the Wollof!’
Raphael Vassallo

Like Lambkin, Prime Minister Robert Abela will very soon discover the ultimate limits of his own credibility... if he hasn’t done that, already

Like Lambkin, Prime Minister Robert Abela will very soon...

The hardworking middle class needs a morale booster

Caruana’s next budget must provide the ray of hope that allows...

Caruana’s next budget must provide the ray of hope...

With the EU’s new media law, TVM will be reduced to ‘The Teleshopping Channel’...
Raphael Vassallo

I thought the European Parliament must have finally run out of things to meddle with, when it comes to how individual member states choose to govern their own,...

I thought the European Parliament must have finally run out...

Looks like organised crime
Michael Falzon

This was certainly an organised system and as the president of the Medical Association of Malta put it, the scheme does look like being an organised crime on...

This was certainly an organised system and as the president...

How to steal from the State
Saviour Balzan

If we want people to feel guilty if they steal from the State, we have to have a political class that is up there in the morality quotient. We are far from...

If we want people to feel guilty if they steal from the...

How do you solve the problem of job vacancies?
Josanne Cassar

The common lament among employers is that very few CVs from locals are landing...

The common lament among employers is that very few CVs from...

Cartoon: 10 September 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Rights, favours and a sick political culture

People should be able to access a social benefit, or be treated in a timely...

People should be able to access a social benefit, or be...

Party must appeal from identical judgment in another case
Malcolm Mifsud

A party to an appeal had an appeal rejected because she failed to appeal from...

A party to an appeal had an appeal rejected because she...

I'm fairly certain that the bottom end of my freezer contains stuff that should've been waste a long time ago

No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly

No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly

Growth, tourism and our quality of life
Ralph Cassar

We hardly ever hear about the mitigation of the effects of mass tourism from the Malta Tourism Authority

We hardly ever hear about the mitigation of the effects of...