So, no, this was not just about a bunch of trees. It is about certain local councils which have completely turned the whole concept of their very raison d’etre on its head....
To what extent is the PN today organised as a unit and sufficiently recognised that it has had experience in office and is prepared to form a government when the incumbent Labour...
The future of Maltese TV in the Internet age
As happened with newspapers and print journalism, the direction in which TV is...
As happened with newspapers and print journalism, the...
Home schooling: More cons than pros
Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a microcosm of life – because nothing else can prepares you for dealing with all types of people and...
Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a...
What’s ‘public’ about public broadcasting, anyway?
Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people trust PBS more than...
Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people...
Making Malta liveable
Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen whole new towns appear before our eyes and grow into communities
Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen...
Rents without tears
With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom, the number of problems with tenants not abiding by their tenancy agreement is bound to increase
With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom,...
‘Politico’ doesn’t know the half of it
We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where neither government...
We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where...
Someone has given up on politics
The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all classes and is her or his own wo/man
The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all...
Warring parents, the damage to kids is done
I don’t think either the mother or the father has a monopoly on what...
I don’t think either the mother or the father has a...
Democracy being held hostage
After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures imposed on EU countries to overcome this crisis, the principle that drives political forces is no...
After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures...
Labour – bad governance and all – is winning the strategic game
Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many things can happen before...
Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many...
The ERA’s credibility is at stake: it must appeal Townsquare or shut up shop
If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by the demerger law, it may well close its offices and reduce its staff complement to a secretary with...
If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by...
‘PC bitchslap’ is no hero. The police need better training
Rather than making the police officer into some kind of lopsided...
Rather than making the police officer into some kind of...
Won’t get fooled again
Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the change. The sentiment is perhaps best expressed by a car-sticker that seems to have become popular over...
Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the...
English language teaching, a success story
English language teaching has now become a stand-alone pillar and a niche...
English language teaching has now become a stand-alone...
Literary and book circles are disappointed at cutbacks in shelving space
Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with any cutback in shelving space available in the market, especially in a prime location such as the...
Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with...
Strasbourg’s death knell to defamatory libel
Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure that the criminal law...
Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure...
It’s the economy, stupid
One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success is that rather than ditching whatever the previous administration did in the economic...
One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success...
Ask a silly question…
Most of the issues up for discussion in this country will inevitably be the offspring of Maltese politics
Most of the issues up for discussion in this...
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