If it is wrong, then bloody well fix it
Saviour Balzan
The Planning Authority issues a permit in the environs of a government owned Natura 2000 site managed by Birdlife Malta.  A decision which shows the tunnel vision of...
Was it Team Malta… or Team 'whoever can get us the most medals'?
Josanne Cassar
The only thing I am certain about in this whole debate is that, for me, handing out passports to whoever is willing to play for Malta is nothing but a joke, and by doing so, we...
Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the hearing of the motion censuring Malta's permanent representative to the EU Richard Cachia Caruana and...

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the hearing of...

Country of lost children
Raphael Vassallo

What sort of a sick, sick culture willfully traumatises and abuses its own children?

What sort of a sick, sick culture willfully traumatises and...

Après Franco la déluge
Michael Falzon

Franco Debono just pushed the limits beyond what we normally and reasonably expect.

Franco Debono just pushed the limits beyond what we...

The hidden hand behind the messenger
Saviour Balzan

If one needed proof that the 'bile blogger' is protected by the powers that be, one need only see the support she receives from those who support her...

If one needed proof that the 'bile blogger' is protected by...

Back to square one
Claudine Cassar

I feel sorry for Mifsud Bonnici. It seems to me that he has ended up as the sacrificial lamb slaughtered on the altar of Franco Debono’s megalomania.

I feel sorry for Mifsud Bonnici. It seems to me that he has...

Hate to burst your bubble, Andrew, but… you are most certainly NOT Spartacus
Raphael Vassallo

The man whose identity Andrew Borg Cardona so liberally borrowed was both in real life and in the Kubrik film the ‘chav from Hell’.

The man whose identity Andrew Borg Cardona so liberally...

Children living in deprivation
Evarist Bartolo

The extent of child poverty and child deprivation in Malta and Gozo has been revealed in the latest Unicef report entitled ‘Report Card 10’.

The extent of child poverty and child deprivation in Malta...

Why Carmelo, and not the others?
Saviour Balzan

Franco Debono’s relentless criticism of Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici may be justified on some levels, but shouldn’t other ministers also be criticised?

Franco Debono’s relentless criticism of Carmelo Mifsud...

Dangerous ideas about the press
Matthew Vella

Increasing libel damages would cripple the mainstream media, and strengthen the colluding party media and unofficial voices.

Increasing libel damages would cripple the mainstream...

Franco Debono: doing the unthinkable
Saviour Balzan

Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s attempt to interpret the motion as a personal attack on him, clearly backfired.

Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s attempt to interpret the motion as...

Trial by prejudice?
James Debono

The jury system is not the best way to judge racially motivated crimes in Malta.

The jury system is not the best way to judge racially...

Children with a disability let down at school
Evarist Bartolo

As the school year is coming to a close, 39 children with a disability...

As the school year is coming to a close, 39 children with a...

‘Ahn’ ahna jew m’ahniex’
Claudine Cassar

Honourable Debono, you are not the be all and end all of this House,” said acting Speaker Censu Galea after Franco Debono threw another tantrum in parliament...

Honourable Debono, you are not the be all and end all of...

Be a prime minister for a day… u hallina!
Saviour Balzan

We have just got to know that the Secretary General of the Nationalist Party...

We have just got to know that the Secretary General of the...

Jonathan, Charlotte and why the world has finally gone to the dogs
Raphael Vassallo

Thank heavens for Youtube. Up until a few days ago, politically-inclined...

Thank heavens for Youtube. Up until a few days ago,...

85% of unemployed early school leavers
Evarist Bartolo

Parliament was told on Tuesday evening that out of 6,966 persons unemployed at the end of March 2012 there were 5,771 (85%) who did not even have an...

Parliament was told on Tuesday evening that out of 6,966...

A Greek tragedy
Claudine Cassar

The unfolding disaster in Greece does not appear to have impacted the Maltese psyche.

The unfolding disaster in Greece does not appear to have...

Is accountability a dead letter?
Michael Falzon

Over two months ago, I described Enemalta as ‘the sick man of Malta’.

Over two months ago, I described Enemalta as ‘the sick...