Boiler No. 7 all over again: Seven days of hell
Kurt Sansone
Robert Abela and Miriam Dalli keep referring to the sins of PN administrations past to defend the present… Who gives two hoots about what the PN did or did not do? What...
Enemalta has just admitted responsibility for the blackouts. Why does no one believe them?
Raphael Vassallo
The more I think about it today, however... the more I begin to realise that something, somewhere doesn’t quite ‘add up’
No country for old punks
Raphael Vassallo

Vince Fabri gets all the opprobrium for daring to pen an alternative version of the National Anthem... watch the sparks fly.

Vince Fabri gets all the opprobrium for daring to pen an...

The victor and the vanquished
Saviour Balzan

Democratic elections, like cup finals, crown the victors not the vanquished.

Democratic elections, like cup finals, crown the victors...

The year Big Brother was indecently exposed
Michael Falzon

While a lot has been said about Pope Francis being chosen as Time’s Person of...

While a lot has been said about Pope Francis being chosen...

The year Big Brother was indecently exposed
Michael Falzon

While a lot has been said about Pope Francis being chosen as Time’s Person of...

While a lot has been said about Pope Francis being chosen...

Growing a sustainable environment from our schools
Evarist Bartolo

We often talk about the legacy we will leave our children and our grandchildren.

We often talk about the legacy we will leave our children...

Tra la la la la!
Claudine Cassar

Tis the season to be jolly and most of us are indulging in a spot of R&R, along with an orgy of eating and gift giving and receiving.

Tis the season to be jolly and most of us are indulging in...

The ultimate disaster movie
Raphael Vassallo

It’s official. Government is not holding talks with Paramount regarding the fate of the bus service after January 14: when its current operators Arriva will...

It’s official. Government is not holding talks with...

Children of a Lesser (Indian) God
Claudine Cassar

Devyani Khobragade, India’s deputy consul general in New York, was arrested this week on charges of Visa fraud.

Devyani Khobragade, India’s deputy consul general in New...

Lifelong education is a must
Evarist Bartolo

It is a well-known fact that the levels and standards of education have increased across generations. However, the question is whether the general trend has...

It is a well-known fact that the levels and standards of...

Shoot the messenger, not the message
Saviour Balzan

The invoice which proved that Frank Sammut, a consultant to Enemalta, was being paid for the sale of a particular sale of fuel to Enemalta, was lifted not from...

The invoice which proved that Frank Sammut, a consultant to...

Still stuck for a NYE bash?
Raphael Vassallo

I don’t normally use this space for subliminal advertising, but sometimes – as a certain magistrate will no doubt confirm – you have to bend the rules.

I don’t normally use this space for subliminal...

Repatriating failed asylum seekers
James Debono

Failed asylum seekers have no right to stay in Malta – but we must weigh the humanitarian nature of each case before repatriating them.

Failed asylum seekers have no right to stay in Malta –...

Spring hunting is not a right
Raphael Vassallo

Evidently, there is a hunger among the wider population for its own voice to be heard above the cacophony of gunfire

Evidently, there is a hunger among the wider population for...

Of pushbacks and one thousand days of hell
Claudine Cassar

When news of the Kristallnacht pogroms reached the ears of European and...

When news of the Kristallnacht pogroms reached the ears of...

Careful what you wish for, Mgr Scicluna
Raphael Vassallo

How many scientific studies have been carried out on the effects of a strictly Catholic upbringing versus a secular one?

How many scientific studies have been carried out on the...

Putting sense in the environmental debate
Michael Falzon

To argue that the proposed changes in Local Plans and planning polices will...

To argue that the proposed changes in Local Plans and...

A colourful lesson
Evarist Bartolo

Children are often the unfiltered and adolescent version of us and can bring to the plenty to the table in the diversity debate

Children are often the unfiltered and adolescent version of...

Integrating Traditional & Digital Marketing
Daniel Coleiro Kingswell

When it comes to traditional and digital marketing, instead of thinking...

When it comes to traditional and digital marketing, instead...