How long can energy subsidies last?
Michael Falzon
The truth is, moreover, that it is this increase in Malta’s debt that is leading to Malta’s economic well-being
Everything goes, nothing really matters
Saviour Balzan
If the Prime Minister really means what he says, he should make it a point to direct his ministers to take certain steps. One of which is to set standards. One such standard would...
Oh ye of little proof...
Raphael Vassallo

What you, me, the PANA committee, or anyone else under the sun thinks is entirely irrelevant... Justice without proof is not justice at all

What you, me, the PANA committee, or anyone else under the...

Are children being deprived of their childhoods?
Josanne Cassar

The homework debate is one that has long been raging in Malta, and is one of...

The homework debate is one that has long been raging in...

A new hat needed
Saviour Balzan

what we need is a very important game changer, a new player who can stand up and be taken seriously. And this has to come from elsewhere, not from the ranks of...

what we need is a very important game changer, a new player...

Climate change will displace millions | Gulrez Shah Azhar
The Conversation

Climate migration is already happening. Every year desertification in...

Climate migration is already happening. Every year...

Turning equality into a gender battle will backfire
Josanne Cassar

I think there was an unnecessary over-reaction to the Charles Caruana...

I think there was an unnecessary over-reaction to the...

Running with the liberals...
Raphael Vassallo

Sorry, but you can't exactly run with the liberals and hunt with the conservatives, you know

Sorry, but you can't exactly run with the liberals and...

Not a new year resolution but...
Evarist Bartolo

I think it’s good advice not just for politics but for life: cut the noise and focus on what really matters

I think it’s good advice not just for politics but...

The AUM debacle: panem at circenses?
Michael Falzon

The AUM dream seems to have vanished into thin air and the campus at Bormla is certainly not flourishing

The AUM dream seems to have vanished into thin air and the...

I might think I might have just solved that national problem of ours...
Raphael Vassallo

Maybe we could solve the traffic problem by breathalysing all the people who run the Malta Transport Authority.... instead of the ones who get caught up in all...

Maybe we could solve the traffic problem by breathalysing...

The story of an unlicensed parker says it all
Josanne Cassar

Grab some land near the beach and turn it into a summer house. Encroach on...

Grab some land near the beach and turn it into a summer...

Very schmaltzy but true...
Saviour Balzan

Real stories which normal folk experience and face each day are being swept under the carpet just because most of the time we are setting the wrong agenda

Real stories which normal folk experience and face each day...

The world in 2018: democracy tested by a lack of trust
Matthew Bugeja

The global economic picture is positive. The underlying political reality? Not...

The global economic picture is positive. The underlying...

Domestic violence: Whose side are the police on?
Josanne Cassar

The macho “closing of ranks”, even within the top echelons of...

The macho “closing of ranks”, even within the...

Enabling achievers
Evarist Bartolo

The Achieve programme is reaching out to students who would have either dropped out of education or had nothing to show for it after eleven years of schooling

The Achieve programme is reaching out to students who would...

Valletta is European Capital of Culture. Reasons to celebrate?
Teodor Reljic

Looking at 2018 | What are the implications of pitching this potentially...

Looking at 2018 | What are the implications of pitching...

How vital was Vitals?
Michael Falzon

As from the new year, new EU regulations do not allow governments to make contract with companies whose ultimate owner is unknown – as is the case of...

As from the new year, new EU regulations do not allow...

Adrian Delia and a revolution of confidence
Frank Psaila

Those who wish Delia fails are foolishly cutting their nose to spite their face...

Those who wish Delia fails are foolishly cutting their nose...

Come together (over my dead body)
Raphael Vassallo

The PN could only go one way or another; and whichever path it chose, it would automatically have lost a significant chunk of its voter base. The most recent...

The PN could only go one way or another; and whichever path...