Increase in emergency calls by drug users: More abuse or less fear? | Karen Mamo
Increased presentations to the emergency services, primarily linked with cocaine and cannabis, are a shared reality across the EU
A mistrusted and partial speaker?
Mark Said
Perhaps the time has come to consider a constitutional amendment whereby the Speaker is elected by a two-thirds majority with the same procedure as that pertaining to the...
If you’re going to ‘walk out’... you may as well stay out
Raphael Vassallo

What advantage is there in having an Opposition that is all-but permanently in...

What advantage is there in having an Opposition that is...

Keep partisan politics out of Sixth Form
Josanne Cassar

It's time to stop this charade of Pulse and SDM contesting elections like mini-me politicians as they take their first tentative steps into the big...

It's time to stop this charade of Pulse and...

Revenge of the bogan
Saviour Balzan

Now, more than ever, it seems ever more urgent to see that a new political party, one that springs forward from the will of the people, comes forward to...

Now, more than ever, it seems ever more urgent to see that...

Press law reform is here: let’s strengthen this Bill
Mark Camilleri

Media editors must now step in and put forward their proposals when the...

Media editors must now step in and put forward their...

With more freedom, comes greater responsibility
Josanne Cassar

It is up to us in the media to constantly prove we are not only upholding the...

It is up to us in the media to constantly prove we are not...

‘Institutional reform’ is about prison, too
Raphael Vassallo

It's been 10 years since I wrote an article on the human rights,...

It's been 10 years since I wrote an article on the...

Malta is not the issue in Paradise Papers. It is the global financial system
Evarist Bartolo

Nothing is certain except death and taxes... if even. The real issue here is not Malta, it's the global financial system

Nothing is certain except death and taxes... if even. The...

A ‘Mafia’ state of mind...
Raphael Vassallo

Malta is a country in which organised crime exists... But I am unaware of the existence of any country in the world where criminal organisations do not...

Malta is a country in which organised crime...

Getting the PN out of the mess
Michael Falzon

The PN is lamenting the weakening of our democratic institutions, the rule of law and democracy in Malta

The PN is lamenting the weakening of our democratic...

'Let's be positive'
Saviour Balzan

The media is not and should not be a platform for good news. The only media that pronounce the good news as if it were Christmas everyday are l-Orrizont and...

The media is not and should not be a platform for good...

A capital tale
Josanne Cassar

'If we really want to be honest with ourselves then we also need to admit that the different layers and degrees of corruption which exist here are able to...

'If we really want to be honest with ourselves then we...

“Only the little people pay taxes”
Josanne Cassar

In this upside down world we are living in, the rich get away with not paying, while those at the bottom of the scale have to pay every red cent

In this upside down world we are living in, the rich get...

You can’t be a prostitute and a virgin
Raphael Vassallo

I can't imagine how a non-consenting country could possibly be induced into a life of corruption against its own will...

I can't imagine how a non-consenting country could...

We can do better
Evarist Bartolo

Up to 70% of a child's key influence is not the teacher or school, but family, friends and society, according to a number of studies

Up to 70% of a child's key influence is not the teacher...

Democracy dying in broad daylight
Frank Psaila

Two things are certain... Daphne Caruana Galizia was not killed by mistake and she well-known blogger revealed Malta's deepest and darkest secrets. Did she...

Two things are certain... Daphne Caruana Galizia was not...

Time to move on, but the two parties must do the right thing
Michael Falzon

If the protests made by Civil Society achieved anything, it must be that the...

If the protests made by Civil Society achieved anything, it...

The mills of God grind slowly...
Raphael Vassallo

The 'mills of Maltese justice' also grind slowly. There is, in brief, no guarantee that justice will actually be served, no matter how long the wait

The 'mills of Maltese justice' also grind slowly....

Want to stop hate culture? Stop spreading it
Josanne Cassar

When are Facebook users going to learn that it is not some corner bar where you...

When are Facebook users going to learn that it is not some...