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...
The Organisation
Kevin-James Fenech

I cringe with embarrassment as I watch Sepp Blatter declare to the rest of world that he wants to clean things up at FIFA, as if he wasn’t the...

I cringe with embarrassment as I watch Sepp Blatter...

Ground-breaking reform at the ETC
Evarist Bartolo

Malta’s labour market would further benefit from a re-birth of a fresh, client-friendly national employment specialist service agency remodelled from the...

Malta’s labour market would further benefit from a...

Sustainability according to Leo
James Debono

If the Environment Minister believes that construction of a campus in a natural park is an example of sustainable development, he is clearly not fit for...

If the Environment Minister believes that construction of a...

At a crossroad, the PN needs a strong dose of confidence
Frank Psaila

Maybe what the Nationalist Party truly needs right now, more than anything...

Maybe what the Nationalist Party truly needs right now,...

The Ballad of Lonesome Cowboy Bill
Raphael Vassallo

Did we send out posses of police and MTA officials to evict the outlaws? Heck, no. We actually connected the entire village to the grid… thus indirectly...

Did we send out posses of police and MTA officials to evict...

Against Zonqor but not on your side
Saviour Balzan

Just because construction magnates blossom and bloom, it does not mean that we are better off as a nation. It just means that the magnates have fatter bank...

Just because construction magnates blossom and bloom, it...

Flash news: not everyone has an agenda
Josanne Cassar

Whether out of spite (as she is often accused of) or out of genuine love for the environment, Marlene Farrugia has stuck her neck out and has openly...

Whether out of spite (as she is often accused of) or...

Parties should not take the lead on environmental protests
Saviour Balzan

If Busuttil wants to attack the whistleblower status Joe Cauchi he should do...

If Busuttil wants to attack the whistleblower status Joe...

Football is the game, FIFA is the shame
Angelo Chetcuti

The buck must stop with Blatter. Whether his replacement is the antidote for the game is another matter

The buck must stop with Blatter. Whether his replacement is...

We need a bigger bandwagon…
Raphael Vassallo

If there’s one thing the experience of the past 20 years has (or should have) taught us, it is that no one in this country can rightfully claim to occupy...

If there’s one thing the experience of the past 20...

Tapping into a 4.5 million student market
Evarist Bartolo

Predictably the PN have wrongly interpreted the involvement of DePaul...

Predictably the PN have wrongly interpreted the involvement...

Labour: so the environment truly comes last
Ryan Callus

This week has been characterised once again with the controversy surrounding...

This week has been characterised once again with the...

Malta’s greatest historian ever
Mark Camilleri

Godfrey Wettinger was a laborious student of history who grew up to challenge the myths and dogma propagated by the clerical establishment for hundreds of years

Godfrey Wettinger was a laborious student of history who...

Who is footing the bill?
Saviour Balzan

After 17 years and an incredible spending spree to build a huge public hospital which cost hundreds of millions, we are regaled with the great news that...

After 17 years and an incredible spending spree to build a...

We’ve struck oil and the future is scary
Josanne Cassar

For all the laughter, I think the audience at Sibna z-Zejt realized that its...

For all the laughter, I think the audience at Sibna z-Zejt...

Email etiquette for business communication
Kevin-James Fenech

Email have become the foremost method of communicating with colleagues and...

Email have become the foremost method of communicating with...

Who investigates the investigators?
Raphael Vassallo

My concern here is not with whether the allegations are true or not... but rather, with how they were handled by the authorities

My concern here is not with whether the allegations are...

Political dishonesty at Zonqor point
James Debono

The government's claim to the high moral ground lies buried under the soil at Zonqor. What we need now is an imbalance in favour of the environment.

The government's claim to the high moral ground lies...