Banning e-scooters: An admission of failure | Steve Zammit Lupi
It baffles me how in four years the most popular areas did not have a single parking hub for e-scooters. How can one expect to curtail abuse if official parking was never provided?
Tone deaf with a complete lack of self-awareness
Josanne Cassar
Her supporters might say, but so what if she did? So many women go under the knife to look better, doesn’t she have the right to do so?  If she were just anyone else,...
Time to stop and think
Michael Falzon

The performance of our economy lies with the restructuring that had to be done to join Europe

The performance of our economy lies with the...

Orange you glad it’s not red or blue?
Raphael Vassallo

We already know from our experience with the other two parties that colour is the only thing that matters in local politics

We already know from our experience with the other two...

San Gimignano, political parties and Manoel Island
Saviour Balzan

Towers or mini-skyscrapers are once again in fashion

Towers or mini-skyscrapers are once again in fashion

A roof over your head
Josanne Cassar

It is high time the Labour government started living up to its name as a party which is supposed to be looking out for the workers

It is high time the Labour government started living up to...

Personal attacks undermine society’s wellbeing
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

This strategy is anti-educational, and will only ensure that our children grow...

This strategy is anti-educational, and will only ensure...

Business as usual after Panamagate?
James Debono

It is more than clear that after retaining Konrad Mizzi as Minister and Keith Schembri as chief of staff, Muscat is banking on people getting tired of talking...

It is more than clear that after retaining Konrad Mizzi as...

At least the Cincinnati zoo was licensed...
Raphael Vassallo

PR nightmares have plagued the profession of zoo-keeping the world over

PR nightmares have plagued the profession of zoo-keeping...

Of gorillas and domestic violence
Josanne Cassar

Are we a society that cares about the murder of a gorilla more than the murders of women and children

Are we a society that cares about the murder of a gorilla...

Children with nowhere to go
Evarist Bartolo

Between 2000 and 2010, 31 juveniles, predominantly males, spent time at the Corradino Correctional Facility

Between 2000 and 2010, 31 juveniles, predominantly males,...

Struggling to make ends meet
Frank Psaila

Poverty, and people at the risk of poverty, are on the increase and have been for a while

Poverty, and people at the risk of poverty, are on the...

Not for want of trying
Michael Falzon

One of the reforms that are sorely needed in our justice system is the creation of a Public Prosecutor’s Office

One of the reforms that are sorely needed in our justice...

Trading places
Raphael Vassallo

The Panama Papers drama seems to have taken a sudden, rather unexpected turn

The Panama Papers drama seems to have taken a sudden,...

But that’s not really cheating, is it?
Josanne Cassar

Many people in Malta admire a certain type of cunningness and slyness which many will agree is quite prevalent

Many people in Malta admire a certain type of cunningness...

Two seats for 50 votes, 5,500 votes for the Greens equals what?
Saviour Balzan

The Constitution as it stands today guarantees the best interests of a...

The Constitution as it stands today guarantees the best...

How about regulating yourselves first?
Raphael Vassallo

In virtually all other spheres besides tourism, those things we call ‘regulators’ have proved to be at best a flaming nuisance, at worst a...

In virtually all other spheres besides tourism, those...

‘None of your business'
Raphael Vassallo

For just as it is ‘none of our business’ whether ministers make honest and accurate declarations of their private assets, or how much of our own...

For just as it is ‘none of our business’...

Cockroaches, bitches and other animals
Michael Falzon

So where do we go from here? Nowhere, really ... and everybody has to lump it. Insults are the order of the day and so it will remain ...

So where do we go from here? Nowhere, really ... and...

How much will ever be enough?
Josanne Cassar

The irony is that with all this over development, all these restless, never-satisfied people will one day be trapped inside their luxury cars in a national...

The irony is that with all this over development, all these...