Company directors and their wives ordered to pay the bank
Mr Justice Gino Camilleri on 20 December 2013 ordered the former directors of Direct Marketing Services Limited together with their wives to pay the Company’s unpaid overdraft...
A prosaic start to 2014
Saviour Balzan
Change can only happen if the people who embrace change make it happen.
Reflections on a day of reflection
Raphael Vassallo

Is it so very, very much to ask, that – just out of simple courtesy and respect for others, if not for fear of actually disrupting some carefully laid voting...

Is it so very, very much to ask, that – just out of...

Dear Joseph…
Claudine Cassar

God knows what a To Do list you are going to end up with once you settle down at your new desk at Castille.

God knows what a To Do list you are going to end up with...

It was a foregone conclusion
Michael Falzon

What Malta needs is a government with a new attitude, more than a new direction.

What Malta needs is a government with a new attitude, more...

Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst
Jurgen Balzan

With just days to go to polling day, this leaves the parties facing at the best...

With just days to go to polling day, this leaves the...

It’s all about creating jobs

Malta has managed – very differently to countries abroad – to contain the effects of the worst recession since the last war.

Malta has managed – very differently to countries abroad...

Yes, but whom can we trust?
Raphael Vassallo

It’s not so much whether we can ‘trust’ The Green Party. It’s more a question of whether we can genuinely believe in their ability to actually gain a...

It’s not so much whether we can ‘trust’ The Green...

My positive vote
James Debono

There is absolutely no reason to be scared this time round to vote according to conscience and trust me it can be a great relief.

There is absolutely no reason to be scared this time round...

Why I will vote AD
David Friggieri

The alternating dualist system has wreaked havoc on the general public’s perception of Malta as a meritocratic society

The alternating dualist system has wreaked havoc on the...

Cartoon 3 March 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Three men, one choice
Saviour Balzan

My role is not to vote for politicians - but to question their actions, to debate their decisions, and to uncover their hypocrisy and their misjudgements.

My role is not to vote for politicians - but to question...

The silence before the storm?
Claudine Cassar

I am starting to believe that both parties know something about oil reserves or have a euro-minting press that they will not let the rest of us know about.

I am starting to believe that both parties know something...

Law for gods and law for animals
Evarist Bartolo

Lou Bondì did put several questions to the persons addressing the press conference but he has never declared his conflict of interest in the issue: Tancred...

Lou Bondì did put several questions to the persons...

‘F’ is for female (except in the initials: ‘WTF!!’)
Raphael Vassallo

Let’s just say I have around 25,000 new jobs coming out of my goddamn ears at...

Let’s just say I have around 25,000 new jobs coming out...

A reform agenda

We will be judging any new government on the basis of the implementation of a reforming programme that includes important changes to the way our democracy...

We will be judging any new government on the basis of the...

Cartoon 1 March 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Referendum? Me? Never!
Raphael Vassallo

By appearing to suggest a referendum precisely now, Gonzi seemed to be rewriting the script at the eleventh hour…

By appearing to suggest a referendum precisely now, Gonzi...

General fatigue

In these last eight days it is hoped that some personality or event or assertion manages to liven up the debate in what is fast becoming an extremely...

In these last eight days it is hoped that some personality...

Cartoon 28 February 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna