A budget from the heart
Lydia Abela
This budget is more than just a financial plan; it is a testament to our nation’s unwavering dedication to supporting those who are most in need
The additional mechanism to counter the effects of inflation | Mark Musu
Given the substantial increase in the allocation and the doubling of the eligible population, the impact of the programme this year is projected to be much more pronounced
A miracle at Paola
Evarist Bartolo

It’s about time that we have an educational experience that caters for each and every person

It’s about time that we have an educational...

With a flip, and a flop, and a flippety-flop...
Raphael Vassallo

Nobody can take the media seriously as a custodian of the public interest, if...

Nobody can take the media seriously as a custodian of the...

Stifling competition
Michael Falzon

Enemed takes advantage of its dominant position, especially with the fact that it is practically impossible for most other would-be competitors to have fuel...

Enemed takes advantage of its dominant position, especially...

‘Tutto il mondo è paese’
Saviour Balzan

It has always been the practice with politicians to shoot the messenger and forget about the message. And perhaps it has always been difficult for me and other...

It has always been the practice with politicians to shoot...

Strong men don’t have to put women down to feel powerful
Josanne Cassar

Women do not expect to walk into a pharmacy and have a mean-spirited man look...

Women do not expect to walk into a pharmacy and have a...

Educational investment, key for our economy
Evarist Bartolo

Providing the right tools for a better education is important because it...

Providing the right tools for a better education is...

Shunning our history
Josanne Cassar

We can just about hold it together to discuss the 1960s, but the closer we verge towards the 70s and the Mintoff years, the more people lose their heads

We can just about hold it together to discuss the 1960s,...

Still living next door to Alice...
Raphael Vassallo

The moment party politics touches any issue, no matter how remotely, another form of logic immediately takes the upper hand

The moment party politics touches any issue, no matter how...

Patriotism revisited
Michael Falzon

What was once considered as a good anti-Imperialist policy no longer holds water in this day and age

What was once considered as a good anti-Imperialist policy...

Mosques shouldn’t become an ideological battleground
Frank Psaila

Respect for secular values is not an excuse to deny the local Muslim...

Respect for secular values is not an excuse to deny...

You think today’s traffic is bad? Just you wait...
Raphael Vassallo

All governments have embarked on a foolish, uncontrolled and unplanned...

All governments have embarked on a foolish, uncontrolled...

Good for the goose, good for the gander
Saviour Balzan

Journalists might not be the ones to change the world, but our job is to publish the truth

Journalists might not be the ones to change the world, but...

I know what you did last night
Josanne Cassar

If we are going to allow doctors to be the morality police over women’s sexuality then we are no better than any other country which tries to control its...

If we are going to allow doctors to be the morality police...

Leo Brincat 1, European Parliament 0
Raphael Vassallo

Leo Brincat is hardly the only example of a player awarded victory in this way ...

Leo Brincat is hardly the only example of a player awarded...

Going ga-ga in education: what are we doing to little kids?
Josanne Cassar

From totalitarian lunch lists, to no-touching policies forbidding to help...

From totalitarian lunch lists, to no-touching policies...

A week is a long time in politics | Alex Perici Calascione

... and a political week is also a good way of judging politicians and their...

... and a political week is also a good way of judging...

Bilingualism, part of our Maltese identity
Evarist Bartolo

We should have the courage to offer programmes and accreditation to those...

We should have the courage to offer programmes and...

The Dubai-ification of Paceville
Michael Falzon

People seem to think that Malta should stop the clock and remain where it is as far as physical development is concerned – something that is impossible...

People seem to think that Malta should stop the clock and...