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Letters: 23rd March 2014

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...

Appeals Court overturns guilty verdict that found a man guilty of renting a flat to a foreigner without an adequate licence.

Appeals Court overturns guilty verdict that found a man...

The Antonio Ghio saga… and the realm of babies

Saviour Balzan

If this is meritocracy it reminds me of the last time I ordered lasagna and got...

If this is meritocracy it reminds me of the last time I...

Michael Falzon

The strain is already showing. The number of Labour supporters demanding a job with the State has not abated and is putting all the Cabinet under severe and...

The strain is already showing. The number of Labour...

Claudine Cassar

Posting a video on Facebook simply to foment hatred towards all Muslims is just not on

Posting a video on Facebook simply to foment hatred towards...

They draw the laws up, yes, but… who applies them?

Raphael Vassallo

The blame for the injustice arising out of the judiciary’s obstinate refusal...

The blame for the injustice arising out of the...

Evarist Bartolo

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali (Pastoral Experiences), and although it did not breach any point of doctrine, it was considered too...

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali...

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral ‘auction sale’, the same criticism will have to be levelled at today’s government for failing to...

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral...

James Debono

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about illegal migrants or foreign workers are silent on facilitating a permanent residency scheme aimed at...

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about...

Michael Briguglio

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure, we can wave goodbye to the supermarket policies of Malta's 2 major political parties.

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure,...

Saviour Balzan

Facing Pierre Portelli was an occasion to explain why the Dalli affair was purposely mishandled by the Maltese media and politicians.

Facing Pierre Portelli was an occasion to explain why the...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Michael Briguglio

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

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