What if?
Saviour Balzan
I do not know many of the people who have been charged with criminal wrongdoing following the Vitals inquiry by Magistrate Gabriella Vella...
A wish list resulting from the Sofia inquiry
Mark Said
Although the Sofia public inquiry conclusions shone a spotlight on construction safety (actually the total lack of it) in Malta, I heavily suspect that workers will still deem...
The HELLO! magazine syndrome
Josanne Cassar

I wonder if we will ever come to a point when we will decide to reclaim our private moments and go back to the days when personal photos were only seen by...

I wonder if we will ever come to a point when we will...

Why do we have to wait for summits and tsunamis?
Leo Brincat

I am finding it very reassuring that partly because of growing awareness of the...

I am finding it very reassuring that partly because of...

‘Nul points’ for Karmenu Vella…
Raphael Vassallo

It matters a great deal that a man who proved incapable of giving even a single straight answer to any of the European Parliament's questions, can go on to...

It matters a great deal that a man who proved incapable of...

‘Integrate, work hard, don’t give up’
Farah Abdi

The Maltese must try to understand that multiculturalism is now becoming a...

The Maltese must try to understand that multiculturalism is...

Drifting into a nanny state
Andrew Azzopardi

Politics is not wrong. It is what is wrong in politics that we need to remove. Cutting children and young people off is not only ridiculous but unnatural for a...

Politics is not wrong. It is what is wrong in politics that...

The proof of the tablet is in the reading (and writing)
Evarist Bartolo

Our pledge of giving a tablet to each and every child as from Year 4 in State,...

Our pledge of giving a tablet to each and every child as...

Walk your talk, Mr PM
Ryan Callus

The Labour Government is carving up the public service into two – the selected few, and the rest

The Labour Government is carving up the public service into...

Malta's midlife crisis
Raphael Vassallo

You can almost pick out any problem area at random and find the same underlying pattern. As we all saw in the recent case of Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco –...

You can almost pick out any problem area at random and find...

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...