It’s good to be the President
Raphael Vassallo
President Abela: Your wish is our command. Are there any other privileges and powers you’d like us to include in the Constitution while you’re at it? Mastery over the...
Higher penalties are not enough
As government forges ahead with its intention to open a spring hunting season this year, there are numerous indications that we are about to witness another massacre of protected...
Still teaching medieval clerks
Evarist Bartolo

Dyslexia’ literally means ‘difficulty with words’ – from ‘dys’ (‘difficulty’) and ‘lexia’ (‘words’).

Dyslexia’ literally means ‘difficulty with words’ –...

Arriva: still a disaster, and this time you can’t blame Austin
Raphael Vassallo

In the end, after pointless dealings with various customer-care employees, I...

In the end, after pointless dealings with various...

His first hundred days

The first hundred days of any administration traditionally constitute a litmus test.

The first hundred days of any administration traditionally...

€23,293 deposit ruled refundable, not forfeited ‘kappara’

Court report by Greta Mifsud

Court report by Greta Mifsud

And in the end, the ‘klikka’ wins
Raphael Vassallo

Did you hear that? It sounded like… guns… thunder… or maybe just the collective howl of shock and horror of some 36,000 Labour voters...

Did you hear that? It sounded like… guns… thunder… or...

Gozo Bridge: Reaching the limits of absurdity
James Debono

What better way was there for Muscat to commemorate his first 100 days than to...

What better way was there for Muscat to commemorate his...

Going e-commerce
Conrad Bugeja

The e-commerce market is showing an increase in its rapid growth. According to the global research firm Forrester, the U.S. e-commerce sales are expected to...

The e-commerce market is showing an increase in its rapid...

A very predictable pickle

In a sense, the entire issue surrounding Franco Mercieca and the ‘limited waiver’ reads like the chronicle of a fiasco foretold.

In a sense, the entire issue surrounding Franco Mercieca...

The anatomy of defeat
Carmen Sammut

Reading the summary of the PN Defeat Report was indeed a déjà vu moment.

Reading the summary of the PN Defeat Report was indeed a...

Fraudulent donation contracts thrown out

The Court concluded that the property in question was donated fraudulently and with the intention to prejudice the plaintiff’s rights which emanated from a...

The Court concluded that the property in question was...

Of girlfriends and red Ferraris
Saviour Balzan

I have this funny feeling that the PN is being told to genuflect before everyone and everything to make it – how shall I put it – a party of no principles.

I have this funny feeling that the PN is being told to...

Trigger-happy fools
Claudine Cassar

Kudos to the FKNK for doing the right thing and standing firm against those who break the law and bring all hunters into disrepute

Kudos to the FKNK for doing the right thing and standing...

Bringing Malta and China closer
Evarist Bartolo

Scholarships to study in China are available to Maltese students, and if they want to study in some of the most dynamic universities of the 21st century, they...

Scholarships to study in China are available to Maltese...

How about 365 Carnivals a year…?
Raphael Vassallo

Since when are the words ‘former police inspector’ and ‘lawyer’ considered instant job clinchers in an application for the post of secretary to a...

Since when are the words ‘former police inspector’ and...

No ordinary whitewash

What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN report seems to suggest, is to ensure fair representation for all internal voices within the party...

What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN...

One small step by Muscat, one giant leap into the dark
Saviour Balzan

Putting MPs on government boards is a very bad decision...

Putting MPs on government boards is a very bad decision...

Between an amnesty and three carnivals
James Debono

There is something disturbing about portraying a change in government as some sort of epochal, joyous event warranting an amnesty for prisoners.

There is something disturbing about portraying a change in...

Two wrongs don’t make a right

Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to account. How can the opposition properly fulfil this role, if its own members are numbered among the...

Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to...