It's easier to love the callow kids among the cast of Love Island than it is to love Malta, at this point

No. 192 - Loving the Island

Has Malta just been given a death sentence, without anyone even noticing?

Raphael Vassallo

... I do think, under the circumstances, that it’s high time we at least started asking ourselves a few serious questions: about, say, whether this vision of ‘further...

A young nurse’s lament: Where are the people who clapped for us during COVID?

A young nurse speaks of the frustration of being overworked, underpaid and vilified for putting their foot down to get the conditions they deserve

A young nurse speaks of the frustration of being...

Lobbing them lobs with the same energy of the Polidano-Portelli bricks at the GO junction

No. 186 - Stivala the Storyteller

Time to introduce unexplained wealth orders

By targeting the beneficiaries and enablers of ill-gotten wealth, the State...

By targeting the beneficiaries and enablers of ill-gotten...

The human cost of Malta’s traffic fiasco

Daniel Xerri

The Maltese obsession with cars means that motorcycles remain a niche vehicle...

The Maltese obsession with cars means that motorcycles...

Michael Falzon

In the current situation, cleaning the Labour party seems to be akin to cleaning the Augean stables - and Robert Abela is no Hercules despite being a...

In the current situation, cleaning the Labour party seems...

Will Malta end up having to go ‘nuclear’?

Raphael Vassallo

By now it should be painfully obvious that – in practice – Malta...

By now it should be painfully obvious that – in...

Why Christian Borg’s bullying and threats are no longer OK

Saviour Balzan

We need to ensure that crooks that come by the name of Christian Borg are not...

We need to ensure that crooks that come by the name of...

Clarification: Multiple distribution points for cannabis associations

The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis insists the rules permitting...

The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis insists...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Robert Abela must have an honest and brutal sit-down session with his parliamentary group, on the shortcomings that have eroded trust over the past 12...

Robert Abela must have an honest and brutal sit-down...

Alex Agius Saliba

Through AI, we have a huge opportunity to improve our daily lives. We as Europeans are at this very important historical juncture of our human relationship...

Through AI, we have a huge opportunity to improve our daily...

The dirty political implications of the Yorgen-Rosianne chats

Arnold Cassola

What is scandalous are the dirty dealings going on behind our back in the...

What is scandalous are the dirty dealings going on behind...

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Saviour Balzan

JP Fabri

Mediterraneo Marine Park is a licensed zoo

Reacting to Raphael Vassallo's opinion piece on Malta's circus...

Reacting to Raphael Vassallo's opinion piece on...

Strict interpretation of the law when challenging a judge

Malcolm Mifsud

The court must interpret the law on the recusal of a judge strictly

The court must interpret the law on the recusal of a judge...

Raphael Vassallo

Unlike the ‘puddy-tat’ from Looney Toons – which invariably turned out to be a very REAL feline, by the name of ‘Shylveshter’...

Unlike the ‘puddy-tat’ from Looney Toons...

No, Prime Minister: the bar has not been raised

As long as this problem remains unaddressed, one should not be too surprised if...

As long as this problem remains unaddressed, one should not...

The fact that Ħelsien coincides with Duluri should be an irony lost on exactly nobody

No. 185 - Freedom & Pain

Michael Falzon

For the PN, the road back to winning more support implies more internal discipline on what and how MPs say when they express their thoughts, quick immediate...

For the PN, the road back to winning more support implies...