Hunting in Malta as seen by the European Commission | Mark Mifsud Bonnici
I certainly cannot deny that a few illegalities still exist, though nothing in comparison to years gone by or that evidenced in other EU states. Any perpetrators should and are...
Like Humpty Dumpty: Joseph sat on a wall and had a great fall | Frank Camilleri
When the charges against him were formally filed, Muscat was left reeling against those who could have done something to stop this but failed to do so. It was a cryptic message,...
History is just as important as maths
James Debono

The reaction  on the social media and elsewhere to shocking events in Iraq and Palestine exposes crass ignorance on current affairs of a society with no...

The reaction  on the social media and elsewhere to...

Hate speech, hangovers
Saviour Balzan

The Malta Employers’ Association did not deal only with hangovers, it also extended its silly concerns to sport injuries.

The Malta Employers’ Association did not deal only...

How sick?
Josanne Cassar

The problem with the arbitrary list given by the MEA on what it deems as “self-inflicted” is that it is just that: arbitrary.

The problem with the arbitrary list given by the MEA on...

‘Beam me up, Georgie…’
Raphael Vassallo

Brincat was fairly explicit in blaming 'both governments' in his irate comments at the airport on Monday: one for failing to evacuate him today, and...

Brincat was fairly explicit in blaming 'both...

Sandy of Zejtun
Henry Frendo

Alexander Cachia Zammit was a Borg Olivier loyalist who was one of only six MPs who voted with their leader against the bill to make Malta a republic, without...

Alexander Cachia Zammit was a Borg Olivier loyalist who was...

A change for the better
Evarist Bartolo

We’ve seen what the major issues were and we’ve started down the road to solve them.

We’ve seen what the major issues were and we’ve...

A new strategy for our tourism industry
Michael Falzon

The real issue was not the undermining of Air Malta, but the undermining of the lucrative scheduled air traffic business when this should have been an...

The real issue was not the undermining of Air Malta, but...

Reforming drug laws is not a game
Raphael Vassallo

It is now about the recognition that ‘the game’ has in fact been lost by all parties concerned, and the rules need to be redevised from scratch.

It is now about the recognition that ‘the game’...

Time running out for the PN
Frank Psaila

The Maltese Catholic Church has a leadership crisis. We have a defunct church

The Maltese Catholic Church has a leadership crisis. We...

Politics and summer don’t mix
Josanne Cassar

This year, however, I’ve noticed that the atmosphere is more relaxed than usual, and even when there is a story which seems to have grabbed the...

This year, however, I’ve noticed that the atmosphere...

If the parties have lost their soul, the people have not
Saviour Balzan

Ideology is not dead, it is the parties that want it dead – the people...

Ideology is not dead, it is the parties that want it dead...

Scicluna vs the drug barons
James Debono

Bishop Scicluna’s assertion that the decriminalisation of drugs benefits barons misses the issue at stake, that it is bad social policy to turn sick...

Bishop Scicluna’s assertion that the...

MTA – a driver for agritourism
George M. Mangion

Governments in Europe have willingly allocated funds to farms through schemes to assist farmers in renovating their properties to become a suitable habitation...

Governments in Europe have willingly allocated funds to...

Tarantino would be proud…
Raphael Vassallo

I have watched it at least three times – seriously, the music is that good – and I have yet to come across any information that wasn’t 100%...

I have watched it at least three times – seriously,...

Tackling early school leaving
Evarist Bartolo

Young people who leave school early are at a higher risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion.

Young people who leave school early are at a higher risk of...

Cannabis and common sense? That’ll be the day…
Raphael Vassallo

The Justice Reform Commission has strongly hinted that some form of...

The Justice Reform Commission has strongly hinted that some...

When did we become so cruel?
Josanne Cassar

There is a world of difference between criticism or satire of someone’s work, statements and behaviour in a public role and trying to tear that person...

There is a world of difference between criticism or satire...

Libya, Malta, oil smuggling and bombs
Arnold Cassola

Smuggling from Libya is perhaps one of the few instances where phone tapping by the Maltese Secret Service could be justified

Smuggling from Libya is perhaps one of the few...