A community bond put up for sale
If citizenship is for sale, then what next?
Mr Fix It
Saviour Balzan
All politicians will deny that there is political patronage, but this is an integral part of our political culture today
Cartoon 20 January 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Open letter to John Rizzo
Saviour Balzan

Corruption in Malta is magnified by the fact that many of the people involved are appointed by the strength of their political leanings.

Corruption in Malta is magnified by the fact that many of...

BOV saga: Simon Busuttil already fails to deliver
Evarist Bartolo

Now a Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party, investors remain callously...

Now a Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party, investors...

The writing was on the wall
Claudine Cassar

The PN seems to have forgotten that S&P’s submitted a two-page rationale for their decision, and that several supporting statements were made after the...

The PN seems to have forgotten that S&P’s submitted a...

Why is the PN defending Enemalta?
Raphael Vassallo

This is not about whether LNG is preferable to delivery by pipeline. It’s actually whether our country can afford to continue being blackmailed by its own...

This is not about whether LNG is preferable to delivery by...

The Attorney General owes us an explanation

There are political considerations that can only raise serious questions about...

There are political considerations that can only raise...

BOV saga: Simon Busuttil already fails to deliver
Evarist Bartolo

The long list of Bank of Valletta clients who filed a misselling complaint in...

The long list of Bank of Valletta clients who filed a...

The writing was on the wall
Evarist Bartolo

The budget contained optimistic growth projections, with the Minister assuring us that the decrease in income tax will be amply made up for by the increase in...

The budget contained optimistic growth projections, with...

To tender or not to tender
James Debono

Labour has committed itself to issue an expression of interest and not a tender for the procurement of a privately-owned gas terminal and power station: a...

Labour has committed itself to issue an expression of...

Alice? Who the f*** is Alice?
Raphael Vassallo

For someone who was brought up on The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (I still have the original battered copy that once belonged to my grandfather, but these...

For someone who was brought up on The Complete Works of...

Cartoon 13 January 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

The debate so far
Saviour Balzan

The PL is New Labour, no matter how hard the cynics try to remind us of the past. And the longer the PN campaigns on a negative tone, the more difficult it...

The PL is New Labour, no matter how hard the cynics try to...

Energising an electoral campaign

Energy has now taken centre-stage; and this in itself marks a positive development, in a country which has no natural resources such as gas, oil or even coal...

Energy has now taken centre-stage; and this in itself marks...

A nine-week rollercoaster
Michael Falzon

The 2013 electoral campaign promises to be a rollercoaster.

The 2013 electoral campaign promises to be a rollercoaster.

U-turn on mixed ability schooling?
Michael Falzon

The GonziPN government has started the process to open a highly selective school for top students only.

The GonziPN government has started the process to open a...

Malta Taghna Lkoll… or is it?
Michael Falzon

Over the past few years, many voters have come to believe that in Malta we may all be equal, but that in reality some animals are more equal than others.

Over the past few years, many voters have come to believe...

Labour’s energy proposal: not a gimmick, but…
James Debono

Labour’s proposal cannot be dismissed as a gimmick but even if doable, we...

Labour’s proposal cannot be dismissed as a gimmick but...

Sour grapes
Saviour Balzan

The Labour Party’s electricity and water tariff proposal was greeted with incredible silliness by the Nationalist party.

The Labour Party’s electricity and water tariff proposal...