What’s the point of ‘National Strategy Plans’... if we never actually implement any of them?
Raphael Vassallo
Naturally, this leaves us with the most imponderable question of them all. If government itself doesn’t take its own ‘National Strategy Documents’ seriously...
Inflation here to stay
Michael Falzon
This happened after last year’s record COLA increase and it will happen again this year
The Azzopardi inquiry: third cover-up?
Evarist Bartolo

Magistrate Anthony Vella has been asked again by the Attorney General Peter Grech and Police Commissioner John Rizzo to investigate the claims that the CCTV...

Magistrate Anthony Vella has been asked again by the...

‘You didn’t build that’
Claudine Cassar

Are politician really to blame for Europe’s economic woes? Or are we ultimately the ones to blame for voting for dreams?

Are politician really to blame for Europe’s economic...

Dinosaurs, pigs and other animals
Michael Falzon

Despite popular perception, not all conservatives are fundamentalists, while I strongly feel that some people of the liberal and green strains are.

Despite popular perception, not all conservatives are...

Is the gay marriage debate sidelining other gay rights?
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

In Malta, gay men and lesbians must be careful not to put the cart before the...

In Malta, gay men and lesbians must be careful not to put...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan on Tonio Borg's grilling before the European Parliament, former European Commissioner John Dalli's police interrogation and the PN deputy...

Saviour Balzan on Tonio Borg's grilling before the European...

Tonio Borg | After the grilling
James Debono

Tonio Borg’s eloquence and political shrewdness in front of MEPs does not cancel the fact that Gonzi could have presented a more suitable candidate if his...

Tonio Borg’s eloquence and political shrewdness in front...

What to Post on Social Media
Conrad Bugeja

Businesses sometimes struggle to find relevant posts to update their social media profiles like Facebook and Twitter. Some businesses do not know what to post...

Businesses sometimes struggle to find relevant posts to...

Homage to Lino Cassar, a gentle thorn
Toni Abela

Lino managed to carve a niche in the local press which was exclusively his: political satire of the sort that was not that sophisticated but yet very forceful.

Lino managed to carve a niche in the local press which was...

Azzopardi never had a chance
Evarist Bartolo

Revisiting the Nicholas Azzopardi casefile.

Revisiting the Nicholas Azzopardi casefile.

Europe: your credibility is at stake, too
Raphael Vassallo

An open letter to MEPs, re: Tonio Borg.

An open letter to MEPs, re: Tonio Borg.

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan on the tragedy that hit Gozo on Sunday, the US elections, the nomination of Tonio Borg as Commissioner and the PN deputy leadership election.

Saviour Balzan on the tragedy that hit Gozo on Sunday, the...

World Bank survey? Business as usual
Michael Falzon

Being 167th in the construction permit ranks tells it all about MEPA: according to the World Bank report, in Malta it takes and average 237 days to get a...

Being 167th in the construction permit ranks tells it all...

Azzopardi case: a court expert and an electrician
Evarist Bartolo

An independent audit needs to be carried out on the CCTV footage prepared by...

An independent audit needs to be carried out on the CCTV...

Two contests, one candidate... zero credibility
Raphael Vassallo

I don’t know, but it is fairly obvious to me that we are talking about yet...

I don’t know, but it is fairly obvious to me that we are...

I'll show you mine if you show me yours
Saviour Balzan

Muscat needs to take a short break and realise that he is no longer a journalist: and start considering Gonzi a worthy opponent.

Muscat needs to take a short break and realise that he is...

Labour’s policy complex
James Debono

I’ll show you mine if you show me yours: Joseph Muscat’s answer to those challenging his party on concrete policies says much about Labour’s...

I’ll show you mine if you show me yours: Joseph...

The presidential drift
James Debono

Technocratic ministers will take us further away from parliamentary democracy towards a presidential system where ministers recruited from kitchen cabinets are...

Technocratic ministers will take us further away from...

The embryo in the room
Raphael Vassallo

Joseph Muscat claims that ‘abortion is not the issue’ with Tonio Borg’s nomination. He is wrong.

Joseph Muscat claims that ‘abortion is not the issue’...