The scheming authority | Patrick Calleja
The notion that the Villa Rosa local plan has been dictated by the developer’s proposal is of great concern. The Planning Authority’s approach does seem to suggest...
The EU at war: Possible scenarios for Malta
Mark Said
The apparent contradiction between neutrality and EU mutual defence characterised Malta’s parliamentary debates both on the draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for...
What's €35 to you?
Josanne Cassar

The inequity of household incomes has been brought very much into the forefront with this cheque, proving once again how everything in life is relative

The inequity of household incomes has been brought very...

Malta’s medical doctors: No to total ban on abortion

By Gilbert Gravino and Liza Caruana-Finkel • Contrary to the long-held...

By Gilbert Gravino and Liza Caruana-Finkel • Contrary...

‘Politics pollutes policing’
Raphael Vassallo

Let’s face it: a state cannot be defined as ‘normal’ if it allows politics to impede the police from investigating serious crimes. But at...

Let’s face it: a state cannot be defined as...

The PL-PN duopoly is finally fraying. And in ways least expected | Godfrey Baldacchino

For a party in government for seven years, rattled of late by allegations and revelations of shady deals and corrupt practices, the PL’s stratospheric...

For a party in government for seven years, rattled of late...

Tear down the wall...
Raphael Vassallo

Ultimately, Robert Abela can only restore confidence in the system by coming to grips, once and for all, with all its underlying cracks and fissures… in...

Ultimately, Robert Abela can only restore confidence in the...

A house divided against itself
Michael Falzon

Delia is probably delusional, but so are those who want to oust him… they refuse to face the truth why so many PN voters switched. They lack political...

Delia is probably delusional, but so are those who want to...

Why does disagreeing with someone have to lead to rage?
Josanne Cassar

As a nation we should thank this whistleblower who was brave enough to expose...

As a nation we should thank this whistleblower who was...

For Abela, an urgent political decision is up next...
Saviour Balzan

Robert Abela is in a quandary. Apart from the NAO investigation, he will...

Robert Abela is in a quandary. Apart from the NAO...

People at the top decided to rewrite the rules
Josanne Cassar

What intrigued me about this documentary was the clash of two very different...

What intrigued me about this documentary was the clash of...

17 blue heroes, standing on a wall...
Raphael Vassallo

They never once challenged him for the leadership themselves; nor have they ever availed of their presumed majority in Parliament to strip him of the title of...

They never once challenged him for the leadership...

Chantelle was stabbed by Justin… and our cultural and social welfare deficits | Maria Brown

Expecting people to unlearn our galvanised gender stereotypes – just because relevant authorities argue that these are politically or morally incorrect...

Expecting people to unlearn our galvanised gender...

Police force... police farce
Michael Falzon

Passing the buck, instead of taking action, is the slightest abuse that one can think of

Passing the buck, instead of taking action, is the...

‘Barra, Barra!’ is not an end in itself
Raphael Vassallo

All these years later, we tend to forget that Fenech Adami – when still...

All these years later, we tend to forget that Fenech Adami...

Delia is delusional. He cannot rebuild the PN
Saviour Balzan

Delia has no credibility and no chance in hell of rebuilding the party. He...

Delia has no credibility and no chance in hell of...

Highlighting the rubbish problem... by using rubbish
Josanne Cassar

It is clear she has hit a raw nerve: obviously, no one likes to have the worst...

It is clear she has hit a raw nerve: obviously, no one...

The Palestinians are in a tough spot... and the Democratic primaries are off to a bad start
Matthew Bugeja

January felt like a long month for most following global news

January felt like a long month for most following global...

Would it make it any better if women killed men too?
Josanne Cassar

If we cannot mourn the death of a woman still in her prime who was callously...

If we cannot mourn the death of a woman still in her prime...

There is no such thing  as a ‘crime of passion’
Raphael Vassallo

There have been no fewer than 31 cases of femicide since 1978; and while they...

There have been no fewer than 31 cases of femicide since...