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Why we expected more from the health and food authorities

We do not believe Malta has a crisis but one way of ensuring public health is safeguarded in the catering industry is through random inspections and punitive measures that are...

After Daphne, Malta deserves to heal but not through silence

For the time being, silence may be the convenient option for everyone. But convenience stops the moment the trial is over. At that point we expect answers, reactions, and action...

Recognising Palestine is not a gift to Hamas

Difficult as the circumstances are today, the two-state solution remains the...

Difficult as the circumstances are today, the two-state...

Structural reforms needed to enhance transparency and accountability

The NAO probe shows how public institutions have a problem with transparency...

The NAO probe shows how public institutions have a problem...

Another deal, another scandal but where is Labour’s outrage, remorse?

The least we expected from government in the circumstances was an expression of remorse accompanied by outrage at the deceit, the lies, the vitiated process,...

The least we expected from government in the circumstances...

Nobody deserves to die for their beliefs

While it may be possible for some not feel any sympathy towards him because of his polarising views, arguing that he deserved to be killed is a complete...

While it may be possible for some not feel any sympathy...

Alex Borg has a plan but must be allowed to implement it

What he definitely needs is the time and space to put in motion his plans. The...

What he definitely needs is the time and space to put in...

Ta’ Qali: A storm in a dust bowl and arrogance

Many people have become wary of public institutions, more so when those leading...

Many people have become wary of public institutions, more...

There is no doubt that Borg and Delia are of conservative stock. There is nothing wrong with that but they will have to choose the shade of blue they would...

There is no doubt that Borg and Delia are of conservative...

The disgusting and racist behaviour shown by the person in our report is symptomatic of a mentality where foreigners exist to be milked while being told they...

The disgusting and racist behaviour shown by the person in...

For Mqabba Deputy Mayor Jonathan Dingli to even contemplate that his words were twisted or taken out of context is pathetic. No one needed to twist his words;...

For Mqabba Deputy Mayor Jonathan Dingli to even contemplate...

Irrespective of what the prime minister’s head of secretariat says, the public consultation on bills 143 and 144 was an afterthought. It only came about...

Irrespective of what the prime minister’s head of...

We hope that an honest peace deal is achieved. But like many ordinary Ukrainians, who continue to see Russian bombs raining down on their cities, we will only...

We hope that an honest peace deal is achieved. But like...

No debates in the PN race, stealthy planning reforms, and courts treating 17-year-olds as children in fatal cases

No debates in the PN race, stealthy planning reforms, and...

Offended landlords and the new underclass

We realise that it is in the interest of the greedy abusive landlords that...

We realise that it is in the interest of the greedy...

What Francine Farrugia’s arraignment shows is that corruption and wrongdoing are not the monopoly of a single political party. Human frailty cuts across...

What Francine Farrugia’s arraignment shows is that...

Outrage is not enough. Decriminalise abortion

We now have a woman whose police conduct has been tarnished because she made...

We now have a woman whose police conduct has been tarnished...

Killer roads, a road safety bureau and personal responsibility

Each death is not just a number. Each death represents a person, whose dreams...

Each death is not just a number. Each death represents a...

Planning reform: Appeasement, cancer and bad faith

The only people Abela talked to were the developers. They were feted, listened...

The only people Abela talked to were the developers. They...

In one fell swoop, Robert Abela and Planning Minister Clint Camilleri caved in to the demands of developers. They could have spared us all the hassle of having...

In one fell swoop, Robert Abela and Planning Minister Clint...