A budget not for the middle class? | Daniel Attard
While this budget heralds numerous improvements in social security benefits for low-income individuals, alongside a significant rise in the minimum wage, it also offers...
The writing is on the wall | Marco Bonnici
The writing is on the wall and it is up to all educators in State and Church schools to make the required pressure en masse through participation in industrial action to obtain...
A terrible sense of déjà vu
Claudine Cassar

I have heard countless stories of soldiers taking food to the immigrants and helping – these would be the “good guys”. However, unfortunately, there must...

I have heard countless stories of soldiers taking food to...

Migrants are human beings as well
Evarist Bartolo

I attended the walk because I believe that the present system of how the State treats immigrants in Malta is inhumane.

I attended the walk because I believe that the present...

Why stay on till 2013?
Raphael Vassallo

On Sunday, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi insisted yet again that he intends to stay on until the end of his term, which officially expires in mid-2013. My only...

On Sunday, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi insisted yet again...

What value life?
Claudine Cassar

Apparently the life of a Malian man is less precious than the life of a dog.

Apparently the life of a Malian man is less precious than...

Nicholas Azzopardi’s death: questions that will not go away
Evarist Bartolo

In parliament I asked the prime minister whether the police had held an...

In parliament I asked the prime minister whether the police...

Judge not, lest you seriously   piss us off
Raphael Vassallo

...as if one’s innocence or guilt now depends on how many people ‘join your...

...as if one’s innocence or guilt now depends on how many...

Missionary position? It’s not for Presidents
Raphael Vassallo

Missionary work in Peru is the sort of thing one might expect from George Abela...

Missionary work in Peru is the sort of thing one might...

Spiders and Search Engines
Conrad Bugeja

Search engines are indispensable sources of information retrieval. These online tools enable us to find information on the Web—this being a massive wealth of...

Search engines are indispensable sources of information...

Saviour Balzan's videblog
Saviour Balzan

Is it possible the PN will expel its three 'troublesome' MPs?

Is it possible the PN will expel its three 'troublesome'...

Home sweet Alabama
James Debono

One cannot condemn racism without questioning policies based on an entrenched, institutional racism.

One cannot condemn racism without questioning policies...

Zoto’s death: another case of savage violence?
Carmen Sammut

The current investigation will clarify the course of events but nothing can...

The current investigation will clarify the course of events...

The Great White Lie
Raphael Vassallo

Zoto was ultimately killed, not just by kicks and punches, but also by a lie.

Zoto was ultimately killed, not just by kicks and punches,...

The biter bit*
Saviour Balzan

*someone who has caused harm to other people in the past and who has now been hurt

*someone who has caused harm to other people in the past...

Rights for gays: thank God for elections!
Evarist Bartolo

The PN knew that legislation to recognise civil partnerships for gays was to be...

The PN knew that legislation to recognise civil...

Curious cases of déjà vu
Michael Falzon

In being the prime mover behind the action that provoked this investigation, Paul Bonello was acting in the interests of the small investor against the people...

In being the prime mover behind the action that provoked...

The outlook for 2012
Claudine Cassar

We can get away with not taking our fiscal medicine this year, but only at the price of having our symptoms increase and our economic health deteriorate...

We can get away with not taking our fiscal medicine this...

Only Richard (and Richard alone)…
Raphael Vassallo

In a few years’ time Richard’s place will have duly been filled by any of a dozen potential candidates, without anyone even noticing the difference.

In a few years’ time Richard’s place will have duly...

Plutocracy rules!
Evarist Bartolo

The BOV plutocracy is stronger than Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and his cabinet.

The BOV plutocracy is stronger than Prime Minister Lawrence...