Commemorating our nationhood
Mark Said
This coming 21 September should serve as a platform for reflection and progress, encouraging us to reflect on our nation’s journey, the challenges overcome, and the...
Traffic fines due by tourists
Michael Falzon
I still cannot fathom how the money paid for fines for contraventions made by drivers of hired cars – whether genuinely or after being abusively ‘transferred’...
It’s a threat to democracy, but not as we know it
Raphael Vassallo

Brexit is a perfectly legal and valid democratic decision – taken in full...

Brexit is a perfectly legal and valid democratic decision...

Selective reading, selective interpretation
Josanne Cassar

Pro-lifer Paul Vincenti's claims that “a hidden group”...

Pro-lifer Paul Vincenti's claims that “a hidden...

The ugly truth – opportunity from calamity
Saviour Balzan

Policy decisions are easily facilitated and they have developed directives that...

Policy decisions are easily facilitated and they have...

Euro 2016 from row Z | Somebody pull a Leicester...
Wayne Flask

Unless a complete outsider pulls a Leicester, Euro 2016 risks going into the...

Unless a complete outsider pulls a Leicester, Euro 2016...

Europe on the brink
James Debono

Brexit is a sad day for those who value the EU for bringing peace after centuries of wars and as the only shelter in a world increasingly prey to pirate...

Brexit is a sad day for those who value the EU for bringing...

Euro 2016 from Row Z | I dream of a different football
Wayne Flask

It’s football alright, so shoot it at goal and stop picking your noses

It’s football alright, so shoot it at goal and stop...

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...