Imagine all the people | Clayton Bartolo
The bottom line is that people everywhere want to travel more than ever to the places they want and when they want. Malta's tourism sector performance was better than average...
Contrived news, sensationalist headlines and twitter ‘rage’
Josanne Cassar
The privacy and dignity towards victims needs to come first, and this can be done through always being mindful of how such details are reported... there is no need to create...
Who came up with those new ‘cannabis rules’, anyway? Cheech and Chong?
Raphael Vassallo

How, then, are these people ever going to be eased out of the illegal situation that they find themselves in today… and finally brought in line with the...

How, then, are these people ever going to be eased out of...

Jailhouse rock: calls for Camilleri resignation more than justified
Michael Falzon

The legal process ignores completely the feelings and emotions of relatives and...

The legal process ignores completely the feelings and...

Waiting for justice
Saviour Balzan

Everyone in public service should be held accountable – even the judiciary – and the Bench should be part of a more open, public debate about the...

Everyone in public service should be held accountable...

Who is parenting whom?
Josanne Cassar

I am of the belief that the way children are being raised matters, but it also has to be in conjunction with the way the nation is being governed

I am of the belief that the way children are being raised...

Justice requires quality, not just quantity

It is clear that government cannot claim, at this stage, to have given the...

It is clear that government cannot claim, at this stage, to...

When contractual obligations are outlined clearly in writing, obligations must be honoured

The Court ruled that when contractual obligations are outlined clearly in writing, such contractual obligations must be honoured and other interpretations...

The Court ruled that when contractual obligations are...

Here’s to building up our energies for the ‘no apartments on Filfla’ battle

The Skinny | No. 175 - Coming for Comino

The Skinny | No. 175 - Coming for Comino

You can’t have a ‘best year for Malta’s film industry’… without a Maltese film industry
Raphael Vassallo

I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s idea of ‘the best year for Malta’s film’; I’d hate to hear his pitch for an...

I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s...

Prison director, and convicted criminal, at the same time

If Robert Brincau resigned, after having been convicted of a serious crime;...

If Robert Brincau resigned, after having been convicted of...

Bedknobs and broomsticks
Michael Falzon

No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never see the light of day. A lot of domestic strife is never exposed. If only bedknobs and broomsticks...

No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never...

PQs – no mere waste  of time!
Julia Farrugia

Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on the governing side and the Opposition an opportunity to go into details which otherwise would have...

Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on...

It’s not just the Gozo airport that’s ‘destined to fail’…
Raphael Vassallo

So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth attempt to...

So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth...

The never-ending saga of the big fish and the small fry
Josanne Cassar

The nation keeps being shell-shocked by these horrific deaths, but worse still...

The nation keeps being shell-shocked by these horrific...

We can do something about our leniency on excess
Saviour Balzan

The most unbearable moment in one’s life is to be awoken in the middle of...

The most unbearable moment in one’s life is to be...

Matteo Messina Denaro: end of an era, but not the end of the Cosa Nostra
The Conversation

Denaro’s arrest could well produce a power vacuum that throws the Cosa Nostra into crisis – but this is not the end of the mafia

Denaro’s arrest could well produce a power vacuum...

The wheels of justice turn too slowly

It is clear that we are looking at more than just a question of ‘inefficiency’, or ‘incompetence’, by any one individual office, but...

It is clear that we are looking at more than just a...

Court of Appeals asks Identity Malta Agency to be more humane
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal criticised Identity Malta Agency for expecting an applicant...

The Court of Appeal criticised Identity Malta Agency for...

Razing Bugibba? We cannot deal with British expats and their irrational urge for fried fatty foods

The Skinny | No 174 – Carpets over Bugibba

The Skinny | No 174 – Carpets over Bugibba