Signs of waning interest
Josanne Cassar
Reactions to the Muscat-Busuttil Xarabank debate suggest that local politicians should fear one thing above all: indifference.
Cartoon 16 March 2014
Cartoon by Mark Scicluna
Red light yes, green light no

Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to close a very evident legal loophole, which among other things has resulted in the waste of considerable...

Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to...

Shame on all of them
Saviour Balzan

This week I received a press release that former magistrate Dennis Montebello was appointed chairman of the culture advisory committee. A committee that works...

This week I received a press release that former magistrate...

Meeting Pasi Sahlberg
Evarist Bartolo

On Thursday 17 May while in Brussels, I met Finland’s Pasi Sahlberg who is one of the world’s leading experts on educational reform and the author of the...

On Thursday 17 May while in Brussels, I met Finland’s...

Who are you calling immature?
Claudine Cassar

The Today Public Policy institute this week announced that gay marriage is “one step too far for Malta at this time”.

The Today Public Policy institute this week announced that...

Extra virgin? Erm… not quite
Raphael Vassallo

I would like to open this unusual article with an unusual quote from an unusual source (so unusual, in fact, that I can’t even pronounce the name properly).

I would like to open this unusual article with an unusual...

Defending the mess made by others

If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous administration’s failure to pursue their matter in court, how can he justify his own government’s failure to...

If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous...

Turning music into real estate
Michael Briguglio

Basically, for Labour, music development meant finding a garage to rehearse in.

Basically, for Labour, music development meant finding a...

Salvaging third party politics
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan argues that Alternattiva Demokratika needs to be salvaged and a new leader found

Saviour Balzan argues that Alternattiva Demokratika needs...

Marketing Up
Conrad Bugeja

Creating a marketing plan is crucial for the success for your business. Marketing is not just the selling and advertising part but a business-wide process of...

Creating a marketing plan is crucial for the success for...

Lap-dancing clubs should be licensed

Strip clubs are a reality in Malta; what is lacking, however, is a proper licensing regime which acknowledges this selfsame reality on paper.

Strip clubs are a reality in Malta; what is lacking,...

Oh look, we’re back at square zero…
Raphael Vassallo

It was only a few months ago that the same Labour Party had objected quite vociferously to the original idea of setting up an ‘Embryo Protection Committee’...

It was only a few months ago that the same Labour Party had...

A national literacy strategy for all
Evarist Bartolo

In Europe the phenomenon of children going through the statutory years of school without obtaining the basic skills which allow them to move ahead is growing.

In Europe the phenomenon of children going through the...

What’s in a name? The Oktoberfest claim

LBM Breweries failed to prove that the use of the name ‘Oktoberfest’,...

LBM Breweries failed to prove that the use of the name...

This surreal world
Saviour Balzan

The courtroom hearing defamation suits last week had 25% of Malta's MPs, some of the best lawyers, a handful of newspaper editors, and other political movers...

The courtroom hearing defamation suits last week had 25% of...

George’s your uncle!
Claudine Cassar

The President's actions have cast a shadow over the excellent work that the MCCF has done over the years, and people will think twice about donating

The President's actions have cast a shadow over the...

Simon’s tightrope act
Michael Falzon

The relationship that Muscat says he wants to have with the opposition breaks from tradition, but what seems to be a very generous attitude can, in effect, be...

The relationship that Muscat says he wants to have with the...

Same-sex marriage deniers: an invitation to resistance
Michael Briguglio

I hope the discursive power of the 'same-sex marriage deniers' gets the...

I hope the discursive power of the 'same-sex marriage...

Limitations to the acquisition of property by prescription

If one holds property on behalf of someone else, then one cannot acquire it by...

If one holds property on behalf of someone else, then one...