Malta needs that film rebate. But it needs to be more transparent
Raphael Vassallo
Malta’s cash rebate IS, in fact, a necessary investment: if we really want our film industry to remain competitive, in such a cut-throat market
People are willing to spend money on concerts and festivals - just don’t rip them off
Josanne Cassar
There were members of the audience who had spent €100 per ticket only to find themselves behind the platforms for the lighting, camera crew and sound...
Cruel politics: the unjust arrest of Sliema's local councillors
Saviour Balzan

The evidence presented in court included taped conversations presented by the...

The evidence presented in court included taped...

The shabbiness of it all
Josanne Cassar

I often daydream of being an environmental warden for just one day, with the authority to impose the heftiest of fines.

I often daydream of being an environmental warden for just...

Odious hunters and their right to protest
James Debono

The right to protest is sacrosanct. Beating journalists and birdwatchers is not.

The right to protest is sacrosanct. Beating journalists and...

Bring on the referendum
Raphael Vassallo

It was Labour which started the strategy, in 1996, when George Vella signed a shabby pre-electoral contract with the hunters. But what 'Labour started'...

It was Labour which started the strategy, in 1996, when...

Diversity, liberty and solidarity
John Baldacchino

To be Maltese or Scottish, British or European, is a consequence and not the cause of being a willing participant in a democracy that sustains diversity,...

To be Maltese or Scottish, British or European, is a...

Need to plan ahead in financial services sector
Evarist Bartolo

Two main issues are lack of qualifications and lack of experience. We must...

Two main issues are lack of qualifications and lack of...

Kicking the nostalgia habit and showing the way forward
Frank Psaila

Musing over what happened a decade ago will hardly help to solve the challenges...

Musing over what happened a decade ago will hardly help to...

Can dignified home care for the elderly become a feasible reality?
Simon Fiorini Lowell

Until the government figures out how to help the elderly at home with some...

Until the government figures out how to help the elderly at...

Fifty years young
Michael Falzon

Today there are practically no differences between the PN and Labour on Malta’s status as a valid EU member, on foreign policy, on the importance of...

Today there are practically no differences between the PN...

And a Happy Banality to you, too…
Raphael Vassallo

Traditionally, ‘independence’ has always been viewed as a good thing, yet this week we saw the same concept reviled, spat upon and humiliated, held...

Traditionally, ‘independence’ has always been...

Fifty years on
Saviour Balzan

I discovered that politicians are replaced in office by others who turn out to be no different from their predecessors

I discovered that politicians are replaced in office by...

Spare the rod
Josanne Cassar

Children are notorious at sniffing out any waffling or hesitancy and will exploit your weakness until they make you weep at your own inadequacies. But is a...

Children are notorious at sniffing out any waffling or...

My interview with Simon Busuttil
James Debono

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to fall... while not moving an inch from his party’s centre-right identity.

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to...

Early literacy: everyone’s responsibility
Evarist Bartolo

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of recommendations on how to...

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of...

Changing times
Ryan Callus

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world can live together. For that to happen – hopefully some day it will – it is necessary to...

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world...

Who’s abusing whom?
Manuel Mangani

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal of a MUSEUM volunteer accused of sexual abuse, on top of a couple of other situations where...

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal...

Plastic in our seas ends up on our plates
Leo Brincat

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture tends to flagrantly...

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture...

Europe’s incredible shrinking environmental commitment
Raphael Vassallo

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European Parliament, it would...

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European...