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Another year, another strategic budget | Chris Bonett

Consistent economic growth ultimately equates to a better quality of life for the Maltese islands. However, just because the numbers add up, that does not mean that our work stops...

Social to the core

JP Fabri

In essence, Malta’s 2025 Budget offers valuable social support. However, to position Malta for long-term success, it is essential to complement redistribution with...

Josanne Cassar

It is natural to run through a gamut of overwhelming, conflicting emotions when we learn that someone we thought we could trust and whom we may have looked up...

It is natural to run through a gamut of overwhelming,...

Raphael Vassallo

While there appears to be no way to control the proliferation of fake news on the social media, it is actually part of the mainstream media’s job to at...

While there appears to be no way to control the...

[WATCH] ‘There has been an attempt to obstruct justice. Muscat must resign’

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: It is clear that there has been an attempt of obstruction of justice. The prime minister must resign

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: It is clear that there...

Zero-sum politics got us here, in our bare-minimum democracy

Ralph Cassar

At the end of the day a system based on two is the bare minimum in a democracy....

At the end of the day a system based on two is the bare...

Joseph Muscat and his landslide of moral bankruptcy

Karl Schembri

Muscat leaves a legacy of colossal moral bankruptcy that we won’t get out...

Muscat leaves a legacy of colossal moral bankruptcy that we...

Let the truth come out and let the chips fall as they may

Josanne Cassar

Muscat’s only option was to step down… it’s the best course...

Muscat’s only option was to step down…...

We did not vote you in for this. You have no mandate

Saviour Balzan

I could never have imagined that we had a monster at the heart of a government...

I could never have imagined that we had a monster at the...

There is more than ‘closure’ at stake here

Raphael Vassallo

Besides: I would also like to think that, if Daphne’s murder served also...

Besides: I would also like to think that, if Daphne’s...

Michael Falzon

As Sir Walter Scott put it in one of his works, one lie leads to more – just as a spider weaves a web

As Sir Walter Scott put it in one of his works, one lie...

Saying it as it is: Muscat had to put Schembri under investigation

Saviour Balzan

The chief-of-staff Keith Schembri deceived his political colleagues and so many...

The chief-of-staff Keith Schembri deceived his political...

We are in a state of abnormality. Muscat must go

Matthew Vella / James Debono / Kurt Sansone

Muscat can no longer command the moral authority a prime minister requires to...

Muscat can no longer command the moral authority a prime...

This is not about red or blue. It’s about Malta’s future

Josanne Cassar

And that reality is simple: after what happened on Tuesday, we cannot go on as...

And that reality is simple: after what happened on Tuesday,...

Raphael Vassallo

Muscat’s prolonged tenure as prime minister is not only untenable; but also stands in the way of the full truth coming out. By his own earlier promise to...

Muscat’s prolonged tenure as prime minister is not...

The ties between politics and business have to be tackled head-on

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: The unprecedented events of the week has...

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: The unprecedented events...

Michael Falzon

Whether Malta is damned or moving towards redemption is what makes these times so interesting

Whether Malta is damned or moving towards redemption is...

Now more than ever, we need a police media briefing unit

Raphael Vassallo

Simply put, prime ministers should play no part in any criminal investigation,...

Simply put, prime ministers should play no part in any...

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan says that it is incomprehensible how the two men who opened companies in Panama continue to stay on when the man they did secret business with...

Saviour Balzan says that it is incomprehensible how the two...

There are much graver issues at stake than some damage to a minister’s car

Josanne Cassar

What is at stake here is not damage to a mere car, or the psychological state of mind of politicians who were reportedly shaken and “terrified” by...

What is at stake here is not damage to a mere car, or the...