Time for a reshuffle? | Mark Said
A timely reshuffle can be a preemptive attempt to limit future problems with Cabinet management. It is time for a new minister or two to get a mission statement from the prime...
Like building contractors, ‘festa-organisers’ need to be held to higher standards
Raphael Vassallo
And this raises a few questions, concerning the standards of ‘health and safety’ provided by the organisers of these (I repeat) MASSIVE street-parties
Waiting for Pawlu
Saviour Balzan

I waited. I waited for Paul Borg Olivier to issue a statement, a rebuttal, perhaps a tweet, perhaps a small note on Facebook, that the evidence given on Friday...

I waited. I waited for Paul Borg Olivier to issue a...

Europe, this is Tonio.
Raphael Vassallo

(It’s OK, you can keep him)

(It’s OK, you can keep him)

Is he worth €1,000 an hour?
Evarist Bartolo

The Malta Financial Services Authority pays him around €1,000 an hour as its consultant. Since 2008, MFSA has spent around €500,000 on him.

The Malta Financial Services Authority pays him around...

What next?
Claudine Cassar

Am I the only one who feels that over the last few weeks the whole population of Malta has been taken on a crazy rollercoaster ride?

Am I the only one who feels that over the last few weeks...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan's videoblog on the John Dalli resignation.

Saviour Balzan's videoblog on the John Dalli...

Being Frank
Saviour Balzan

I have to admit that I was naïve enough to believe in Frank Portelli's sincerity.

I have to admit that I was naïve enough to believe in...

Silence on Azzopardi CCTV footage tampering
Evarist Bartolo

Court expert Martin Bajada and former police inspector Paul Caruana have...

Court expert Martin Bajada and former police inspector Paul...

Setting a dangerous precedent
Claudine Cassar

In fact, if I were the Prime Minister I would extend the amnesty to cover anyone who knows anything regarding the falls of all 13 of the unfortunate souls who...

In fact, if I were the Prime Minister I would extend the...

Total system failure: please reboot your country
Raphael Vassallo

It is difficult to even imagine a more thoroughly abnormal state of affairs,...

It is difficult to even imagine a more thoroughly abnormal...

Child abuse good, marijuana bad
Raphael Vassallo

By handing down a lengthier prison sentence for a cannabis cultivation charge, than for aggravated child abuse, the Maltese courts showed themselves up to be a...

By handing down a lengthier prison sentence for a cannabis...

Far from top in education
Evarist Bartolo

Malta does not feature in a recent report called ‘The Learning Curve’ on the education systems of 40 countries in the world.

Malta does not feature in a recent report called ‘The...

In defence of bendy-buses
James Debono

Those clamouring for Boris Johnson and jumping on this bandwagon of his mockery should also be willing to fork out more subsidies to Arriva to buy more small...

Those clamouring for Boris Johnson and jumping on this...

Not voting is a perfectly valid option
Raphael Vassallo

A significant drop in voter turn-out might achieve much more in the way of political reform for the country, than the efforts of any one political party to...

A significant drop in voter turn-out might achieve much...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan's videoblog on the recent political stalemate in the Maltese parliament.

Saviour Balzan's videoblog on the recent political...

Malta – failing in education
Claudine Cassar

The fact is that we are simply too far behind our European counterparts to be able to pat ourselves on the back.

The fact is that we are simply too far behind our European...

Prosecuting the Pope’s butler
Michael Falzon

What is interesting about the Paolo Gabriele case is that it has put into motion the lay judiciary process of the Vatican State.

What is interesting about the Paolo Gabriele case is that...

Will Azzopardis get access to the Vella magisterial inquiry?
Evarist Bartolo

The Azzopardi family feels that the magisterial inquiry was a cover up to...

The Azzopardi family feels that the magisterial inquiry was...

Everybody but the Prime Minister
Raphael Vassallo

How many more of the party faithful will take the plunge, I wonder, just to save the bacon of their leader?

How many more of the party faithful will take the plunge, I...