Bitter sweet truth
Saviour Balzan
To tackle the issue of low and ridiculous salaries for MPs we dish out jobs for the boys... This habit of having parliamentarians working in the state sector and private sector is...
Migraine costing European economies an estimated €55 billion annually | Yan Grima
Studies continue to show that there has been little advancement in migraine care throughout the last decade and the needs of the many people who suffer with migraine remain unmet
It’s now a ‘two-speed Europe’, no matter what
Raphael Vassallo

The thing we call “the European Union” will no longer be quite the...

The thing we call “the European Union” will no...

Don’t underestimate the power of the female vote
Josanne Cassar

The female voice (and potential vote) can be a very powerful tool indeed, and...

The female voice (and potential vote) can be a very...

Spare a penny for slumdog
Matthew Vella

Should a formidable sense of humour and national adulation grant us the licence to solicit charity while seemingly enjoying a pass to privately take the piss...

Should a formidable sense of humour and national adulation...

Not to appoint cronies
Evarist Bartolo

The time has come to start thinking of raising the bar on our standards and reform our existing practice and process when appointing a chair of a key...

The time has come to start thinking of raising the bar...

Positions of trust: a  constitutional quagmire
Kevin Aquilina

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure that...

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place...

It dangles by a thread
Frank Psaila

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician that plays it and has devastating effects on the country and its people

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician...

The travails of Maltese justice
Michael Falzon

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission finalised its recommendations, most of them are gathering dust

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission...

It’s not a ban, and it’s not abortion, either
Raphael Vassallo

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning after pill’ is not...

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning...

Confused? Just a little bit
Saviour Balzan

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce vocations and experience. Can NGOs afford to be so dispersed, so fragmented and unfocused?

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce...

The morning after the night before
Josanne Cassar

Many women are already practising some form of birth control from the Pill to the coil to asking the man to use a condom – all methods used to prevent...

Many women are already practising some form of birth...

Celebrating World Refugee Day
G. Kathleen Hill

America’s history and the facts show that immigrants are a net plus for our economy and our society

America’s history and the facts show that immigrants...

You’d better beLEAVE it…
Raphael Vassallo

If Britain pulls out of the EU, humanity as a whole would eventually be driven underground… to make a last, valiant but ultimately futile stand against...

If Britain pulls out of the EU, humanity as a whole would...

Hatred is ultimately linked to ignorance
Josanne Cassar

Those applauding Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric do not see beyond his anti-immigrant rhetoric and fail to connect the dots that his hate speech is...

Those applauding Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric do not...

National Book Prize | Celebrating our authors
Mark Camilleri

Local writers are becoming more prolific and their work is becoming even more...

Local writers are becoming more prolific and their work is...

Protecting us from ourselves
Evarist Bartolo

We have to work hard at behaving ethically in our public duty

We have to work hard at behaving ethically in our public...

It’s Konrad Mizzi in the dock, not Malta
Roberta Metsola

The fact that Konrad Mizzi was the only sitting EU Minister exposed in the...

The fact that Konrad Mizzi was the only sitting EU Minister...

Do we have a right not to be offended?
Michael Falzon

Our Courts had been interpreting our libel laws in a way that ignored the media’s right and obligation to expose what is in the public interest and what...

Our Courts had been interpreting our libel laws in a way...

Without radical reform, the two-thirds vote on ODZ is just posturing
Matthew Vella

I doubt that a two-thirds vote on ODZ projects would add any more scrutiny...

I doubt that a two-thirds vote on ODZ projects would add...