STAR WARS Episode XXXVIII: ‘Joseph Portelli Strikes Back!’
Raphael Vassallo
Not-News | And on what grounds was he ‘eligible’ to play for Hamrun Spartans, anyway... if not by just buying up the entire football club, and installing himself as...
Failure is not an option: Malta’s waste management crisis | Martin Galea De Giovanni
Managing our waste should not start at the point from when the waste is already generated but from the point of manufacturing, down to the supply chain and consumption
And it was war…
Saviour Balzan

I have little sympathy for ventriloquists and plagiarists. And that is exactly what the hunters are doing with their campaign. 

I have little sympathy for ventriloquists and plagiarists....

Mardi Gras 1978: the straw that broke the camel’s back
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti was part of Sydney’s first gay Mardi Gras in 1978...

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti was part of Sydney’s first gay...

Shaking off the big tax evasion outrage
Josanne Cassar

Who cares if those who were there to supposedly represent us have become fat cats at our expense? We are much more engrossed in endlessly debating...

Who cares if those who were there to supposedly represent...

What's your problem?
Kevin-James Fenech

I think it was Einstein who said that if he only had one hour to save the world he would spend a staggering 55 minutes defining the problem and only five...

I think it was Einstein who said that if he only had one...

‘Michael and Ninu are not Austin’
James Debono

Joseph Muscat cannot resist the temptation to appeal to those who fall out with either Gonzi or Busuttil irrespective of the issue at stake.

Joseph Muscat cannot resist the temptation to appeal to...

Making Malta a learning nation
Evarist Bartolo

The Directorate for Lifelong Learning is also collaborating with the Education Department to make Lifelong Learning courses easily accessible to all school...

The Directorate for Lifelong Learning is also collaborating...

Leaders must not bicker on Libyan conundrum
Frank Psaila

Make no mistake, Libya needs a political solution not miliatry intervention....

Make no mistake, Libya needs a political solution not...

Space: the final frontier
Raphael Vassallo

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I waded into the City Gate kerfuffle with a contrarious opinion in recent weeks... that there is clearly...

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I...

The ties that bind us
Michael Falzon

Alexis Tsipras without a tie, Simon Busuttil taking off his jacket, Joseph Muscat with his pastel blue ties and Dom Mintoff sporting those infamous belts with...

Alexis Tsipras without a tie, Simon Busuttil taking off his...

Don’t ask me why
Saviour Balzan

I have little words of compassion for someone who presents himself together with his wife as Jesus freaks, and then scavenges in a business world dominated by...

I have little words of compassion for someone who presents...

Flawless is an illusion
Josanne Cassar

If you are a woman, the scrutiny on our physical appearance is ruthless and relentless.

If you are a woman, the scrutiny on our physical appearance...

Malta needs to play its security role to the fullest
Daniel Fiott

Malta does not need to surrender its neutrality to play its part in defeating a...

Malta does not need to surrender its neutrality to play its...

Malta and whose army?
Raphael Vassallo

We have completely forgotten our utter lack of any military defence capability … not to mention the even more glaring lack of an offensive military...

We have completely forgotten our utter lack of any military...

Healthy eating and physical activity
Evarist Bartolo

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur early in childhood and adolescence to prevent or reverse the effects of being overweight and poor...

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur...

India’s agenda for change
Leo Brincat

Obviously with such a daunting agenda one can understand why India, like China, would like to see an agreement that takes into account their aspirations and...

Obviously with such a daunting agenda one can understand...

When illegal becomes legal
Ryan Callus

I have no difficulty in admitting that under the previous administration, MEPA had become too rigid in its decisions and impractical in others, but it now...

I have no difficulty in admitting that under the previous...

The cost of ‘culture’
Raphael Vassallo

Aesthetics are not, and should not be the only consideration when redeveloping public space. There is also the question of impact on the surrounding...

Aesthetics are not, and should not be the only...

The great altruists
Saviour Balzan

The oil scandal, when it is finally exposed for what it is, will show that corruption is pervasive here, and the Maltese live on a culture of promulgating...

The oil scandal, when it is finally exposed for what it is,...