A week of weirdness
Josanne Cassar
From the weird to the downright depressing... Sometimes a week comes along when everything you see online just makes you say, huh? 
So who is a f***ing asshole?
Saviour Balzan
If someone is a comedian or an actor, and it is abundantly clear that the purpose of one’s speech or act is comedy or theatre, then why the hell should we allow people like...
Peter Andre: the Ambassador nobody asked for
Teodor Reljic

It may be time to reconsider how token 'Cultural Ambassador' titles are...

It may be time to reconsider how token 'Cultural...

Pot calling the kettle black again
James Debono

Gonzi is asking Labour some pertinent questions on party funding, but it’s rich coming from the man under whose watch development zones were extended and...

Gonzi is asking Labour some pertinent questions on party...

Blame yourselves for this bloody mess
Saviour Balzan

If there is someone who should be ashamed it is the political class which presided over such an incredible scandal

If there is someone who should be ashamed it is the...

Greece-ing us up for bankruptcy!
Claudine Cassar

It is clear that the business community has not done enough to make its voice heard – business leaders need to become more vocal and should not shy away from...

It is clear that the business community has not done enough...

The opposite of madness
Raphael Vassallo

Having identified an ‘oligarchy’ Franco Debono proceeded to pull the plug on the very machine that had kept the same oligarchy hooked up to all the...

Having identified an ‘oligarchy’ Franco Debono...

How to improve education
Evarist Bartolo

The need for more books in classroom libraries and the possibility of further use of technologies during reading lessons is also made clear for all to see

The need for more books in classroom libraries and the...

The EU doesn’t give ‘certificates’
Raphael Vassallo

The EU does not give ‘certificates’ of economic health. On the contrary, it merely accepts whatever figures are thrown at it by member States, at face...

The EU does not give ‘certificates’ of economic health....

Between the corrupted and the corrupter
James Debono

Removing prescription on corruption charges for politicians and not for those who corrupt them is not only unfair but could result in blackmail. It should be...

Removing prescription on corruption charges for politicians...

Guess we’re all liberals now, huh?
Raphael Vassallo

You know how it works with certain movies: there will be a pivotal scene, normally around two-thirds of the way through, when the main protagonist suddenly...

You know how it works with certain movies: there will be a...

Hey! I just met you, and this is funny…
Raphael Vassallo

But here’s my bank account, now give me money

But here’s my bank account, now give me money

From a distance
Michael Falzon

This is perhaps the first electoral campaign that I am not somehow involved in, directly or indirectly, since 1971 – over 50 years ago.

This is perhaps the first electoral campaign that I am not...

Corruption: fact or fiction?
Claudine Cassar

The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index shows clearly that the Maltese are coming to believe, in ever increasing numbers, that we are...

The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index...

Making us pay for oil
Evarist Bartolo

When did Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi first learn that Trafigura, when selling oil to Enemalta, was paying commissions to Frank Sammut, the consultant of its...

When did Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi first learn that...

On the seduction of ‘fast-tracking’
James Debono

While bureaucratic delays are unbearable when unjustified, a transparent and stringent planning process is a prerequisite to safeguard society from commercial...

While bureaucratic delays are unbearable when unjustified,...

Open letter to John Rizzo
Saviour Balzan

Corruption in Malta is magnified by the fact that many of the people involved are appointed by the strength of their political leanings.

Corruption in Malta is magnified by the fact that many of...

BOV saga: Simon Busuttil already fails to deliver
Evarist Bartolo

Now a Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party, investors remain callously...

Now a Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party, investors...

The writing was on the wall
Claudine Cassar

The PN seems to have forgotten that S&P’s submitted a two-page rationale for their decision, and that several supporting statements were made after the...

The PN seems to have forgotten that S&P’s submitted a...

Why is the PN defending Enemalta?
Raphael Vassallo

This is not about whether LNG is preferable to delivery by pipeline. It’s actually whether our country can afford to continue being blackmailed by its own...

This is not about whether LNG is preferable to delivery by...