Cartoon: 10 September 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Rights, favours and a sick political culture

People should be able to access a social benefit, or be treated in a timely manner in the health system, because it is their right and not because someone is doing them a favour....

Winds are largely superfluous in an island-ful of windbags

The Skinny - No. 203 - Winds of Wind

‘Liberalisation leads to lower prices’. Really? Since when?

Raphael Vassallo

When any segment of a market as small as Malta is ‘liberalised’......

When any segment of a market as small as Malta is...

Michael Falzon

So Abela could not pull the strings and move away from the ‘money no problem’ mentality that Muscat’s tenure in power had generated

So Abela could not pull the strings and move away from the...

Boosting our efforts for a better service | Jonathan Cardona

Enemalta CEO says that the challenges during the July heatwave highlighted...

Enemalta CEO says that the challenges during the July...

Over-population and the dangers of quoting unreliable sources

Josanne Cassar

Over the last few weeks, every time someone mentioned over-population I...

Over the last few weeks, every time someone mentioned...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Filthy neighbourhoods, a deficient waste collection system and litter louts

Malta has become filthy and the laissez faire attitude shown by the authorities only encourages irresponsible litter louts to continue doing as they please

Malta has become filthy and the laissez faire attitude...

Government’s screeching and damaging U-turns | Mark Said

Abela’s premiership hardly ever got off to the smoothest of starts, with...

Abela’s premiership hardly ever got off to the...

When a verdict is not unanimous then the Criminal Court has a discretion to choose which punishment is to be awarded

Malcolm Mifsud

The Court held that the Criminal Court has a discretion to award a punishment in cases of wilful homicide in terms of Article 492(2) of the Criminal Code

The Court held that the Criminal Court has a discretion to...

‘Blaming climate change’ is just another way for Robert Abela to ‘blame himself’...

Raphael Vassallo

And after all that... Robert Abela still has the gall to ‘blame climate change’, for his own failures?! I mean, come on. There’s a limit to...

And after all that... Robert Abela still has the gall to...

The Labour Party must take it on itself to push for a permanent resolution to the Ħondoq issue and in the process, pressure the government to act accordingly

The Labour Party must take it on itself to push for a...

Who cares about a well-rounded human experience when you can be a zombied-out consumer?

No. 202 - Total System Collapse, Baby!

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An avoidable national crisis and our plan forward

Mark Anthony Sammut

They made it almost sound as if this crisis was unavoidable, out of our...

They made it almost sound as if this crisis was...

Michael Falzon

In the Corradino case, the quacks left their signature all over the rubble that crushed and killed Jean Paul Sofia. People registered as...

In the Corradino case, the quacks left their signature all...

Why ‘Mr Mojo-Jojo’ is the superhero this country really needs, right now

Raphael Vassallo

All the ongoing overdevelopment, in this country right now, can be defined as being somehow ‘tourism-related’, in one way or another

All the ongoing overdevelopment, in this country right now,...

If this is not a wakeup call, I don’t know what is

Josanne Cassar

If this is not a wakeup call that we need to change our ways and the completely...

If this is not a wakeup call that we need to change our...

Saviour Balzan

The answer to our infrastructural woes are not going to be climate change agencies but action and decision-making based on the premise that this small...

The answer to our infrastructural woes are not going to be...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea