In the pursuit of stability
Stephanie Fabri / JP Fabri
At first glance, this is definitely a budget with a heart and one which pursues stability. The main challenge is how to address the longer-term vision of enhancing productivity...
Budgetary matters
Stephanie Fabri / JP Fabri
Whilst the government announces various policies, schemes, and strategies during the year, the budget is still seen as a central economic policy document which lays out the action...
Why deporting criminals will not work
Jurgen Balzan

If people are going to be deported because of their illegal actions, then why make a difference between a Maltese or foreign criminal?

If people are going to be deported because of their illegal...

A wake up call from Panama
James Debono

Revelations on Konrad Mizzi's shell company in Panama were a wake-up call for the nation. It leaves the government with egg on its face, the Opposition...

Revelations on Konrad Mizzi's shell company in Panama...

Mad dogs and Englishmen
Michael Falzon

The eurosceptics should drop this nonsense and realise that it is better to be in than out, both for economic reasons and for political ones.

The eurosceptics should drop this nonsense and realise that...

Appeasing David Cameron
Frank Psaila

Sensing discontent with the EU and its regulations, populist European leaders will now be tempted to do a Cameron, rendering the EU’s laws and...

Sensing discontent with the EU and its regulations,...

Someone left the tap dripping...
Raphael Vassallo

Tax avoidance is not the same thing as tax evasion; and I guess that ‘trust’ is not the same thing either, when it comes to trusting your own...

Tax avoidance is not the same thing as tax evasion; and I...

In God we trust
Saviour Balzan

Mizzi may be the Prime Minister’s rising star, but as a counter to his energy he surely has a superabundance of political naivety

Mizzi may be the Prime Minister’s rising star, but as...

Konrad Mizzi: Sheer indifference or stunned silence?
Josanne Cassar

This issue isn’t about aspirations and achievements, but about being...

This issue isn’t about aspirations and achievements,...

No shame. Just play the aspiration card
Ralph Cassar

Joseph Muscat came to Konrad’s rescue in Żejtun by mimicking one of the most anti-worker, anti-middle class Prime Minister ever, UK’s David...

Joseph Muscat came to Konrad’s rescue in Żejtun by...

Prison population is no indicator of crime
Raphael Vassallo

An 'impromptu study' on a sector of the population that are...

An 'impromptu study' on a sector of the population...

Future-proofing the economy
Leo Brincat

Future-proof boils down to a better way of doing business 

Future-proof boils down to a better way of doing...

What a mother told me about exams
Evarist Bartolo

A concerned parent and teacher raised concerns about the damaging effect primary school exams can have on children's motivation and confidence

A concerned parent and teacher raised concerns about the...

Who’s afraid of Roberta?
Michael Falzon

MEP Roberta Metsola is making Malta proud in the European arena, on the issue of migration

MEP Roberta Metsola is making Malta proud in the European...

What is AD doing on the pitch?
Raphael Vassallo

Political parties can find themselves in a position when they are just not ‘interfering with play’. Alternattiva Demokratika is a good example at...

Political parties can find themselves in a position when...

Childcare: No such thing as a free lunch
Josanne Cassar

People must appreciate that there has to be some kind of deterrent in place in order to curb abuse, because human nature being what it is, “free...

People must appreciate that there has to be some kind of...

Why foreign criminals must be deported
Carmel Vassallo

In the first decade of the 21st Century, prisoners from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco, in order of importance, made up 44% of the foreign inmate...

In the first decade of the 21st Century, prisoners from...

Get me my conversion therapist
Saviour Balzan

The Church today is undergoing a radical change, but it appears that Archbishop Scicluna is anchored somewhere in the past

The Church today is undergoing a radical change, but it...

An insult to the judiciary
Mark Anthony Sammut

These are not mistakes as the Prime Minister tries to paint them [but] deliberate attempts at disregarding the Constitution to reward friends

These are not mistakes as the Prime Minister tries to paint...

Constitution blues…
Raphael Vassallo

The Constitution of Malta has still survived largely intact since an age when we wouldn’t even recognise our own country if we tripped up in it

The Constitution of Malta has still survived largely intact...