War and peace: Labour can now ditch its rhetoric
The Prime Minister wanted to portray himself as a ‘man of peace’, as opposed to Roberta Metsola, the ‘god of war’. The Prime Minister and the Labour...
Abela’s Trumpian moment
Unfortunately, like some in the Labour Party, Abela believes Malta’s neutrality is some sort of invisibility cloak that protects the island from foreign aggression. It does...
Byron Camilleri’s silence is deafening

If Identità officials are or were at the heart of any wrongdoing, it becomes a serious problem of national security. A scandal of such proportions is a...

If Identità officials are or were at the heart of...

Winning an Olympic medal requires more than passion

Elite athletes have to become professionals to even start dreaming of being at...

Elite athletes have to become professionals to even start...

Cab industry: For a fair and balanced labour market, curb tax evasion as well

Enforcing fiscal obligations creates a level playing field that will undoubtedly filter out the cab companies that are not serious and fail to adhere to the...

Enforcing fiscal obligations creates a level playing field...

Why Edward Scicluna should step down

The national interest is at stake. By refusing to step down Edward Scicluna is unfortunately allowing self-interest to prevail... he has every right...

The national interest is at stake. By refusing to step down...

Running a country from an airconditioned boat

Robert Abela and his energy minister, Miriam Dalli, must admit that over the...

Robert Abela and his energy minister, Miriam Dalli, must...

What principles dear Alex and Daniel?

The truth is that Alex Agius Saliba’s and Daniel Attard’s abstention is symptomatic of the lack of cohesion in the Labour Party and the growing...

The truth is that Alex Agius Saliba’s and Daniel...

The arrogance of Enemalta’s bosses

Rather than trying to minimise the NAO’s findings, Enemalta’s bosses had better explain why investment in the high voltage network over the past...

Rather than trying to minimise the NAO’s findings,...

Let’s get down to business on tables and chairs

What happened in Gozo was a concerted effort that saw officials from the Malta...

What happened in Gozo was a concerted effort that saw...

His 60 seconds of fame at our expense

Grech’s tenure at the Film Commission appears to be causing more harm and controversy at this stage than creating value added to the industry and the...

Grech’s tenure at the Film Commission appears to be...

In the health sector, seeing is believing, now

Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela may have all the good intentions of this...

Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela may have all the good...

Chris Fearne was a victim but it’s Labour’s sleaze that is to blame

Joseph Muscat and his coterie played with fire, got burnt and in the process unleashed hell on the Maltese State. The victims of this wicked and corrupt game...

Joseph Muscat and his coterie played with fire, got burnt...

MPs need to step up if they are serious about fighting financial crime

For the past couple of years we have been witnessing a saga through which hefty penalties issued by the Financial Investigations and Analysis Unit (FIAU) are...

For the past couple of years we have been witnessing a saga...

Introducing order into the jungle of tables and chairs

Lack of action, platitudes and grandstanding will no longer cut it for a public...

Lack of action, platitudes and grandstanding will no longer...

We need to speak on electoral reform

The question we should be asking ourselves in the aftermath of the European and local council elections is, should our electoral system ensure that an...

The question we should be asking ourselves in the aftermath...

Déjà vu: When all else fails, blame civil servants

The last thing this country needs is a political witch hunt within the public...

The last thing this country needs is a political witch hunt...

From 'invictus' to 'vinci potest'

Robert Abela must decide whether to continue acting as defence lawyer to Joseph Muscat, Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri, or keep his distance from them. Abela...

Robert Abela must decide whether to continue acting as...

MEP election is stiff yellow card to Labour

With a heavily reduced gap, it is clear to everyone that the Labour Party was...

With a heavily reduced gap, it is clear to everyone that...

We need to get rid of the last vestiges of protectionism in the cab industry

It is pretty obvious that the decision to control the presence of Y-plate cabs in these key locations is not one motivated by a higher public good but more of...

It is pretty obvious that the decision to control the...