Good governance thrown over the bridge
The OPM did not confirm whether it was aware that China Communications Construction Company was blacklisted before MaltaToday revealed this yesterday.
The OPM did not confirm whether it was aware that China...
His first hundred days
The first hundred days of any administration traditionally constitute a litmus test.
The first hundred days of any administration traditionally...
A very predictable pickle
In a sense, the entire issue surrounding Franco Mercieca and the ‘limited waiver’ reads like the chronicle of a fiasco foretold.
In a sense, the entire issue surrounding Franco Mercieca...
No ordinary whitewash
What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN report seems to suggest, is to ensure fair representation for all internal voices within the party...
What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN...
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to account. How can the opposition properly fulfil this role, if its own members are numbered among the...
Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to...
The budget that cried wolf
If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral ‘auction sale’, the same criticism will have to be levelled at today’s government for failing to...
If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral...
Red light yes, green light no
Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to close a very evident legal loophole, which among other things has resulted in the waste of considerable...
Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to...
Defending the mess made by others
If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous administration’s failure to pursue their matter in court, how can he justify his own government’s failure to...
If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous...
Lap-dancing clubs should be licensed
Strip clubs are a reality in Malta; what is lacking, however, is a proper licensing regime which acknowledges this selfsame reality on paper.
Strip clubs are a reality in Malta; what is lacking,...
Putting the ‘public’ back into public broadcasting
There can be no further excuses to procrastinate the reform of our public...
There can be no further excuses to procrastinate the reform...
Drug law reform long overdue
If government is to legislate properly on the issue, it must do so as part of a comprehensive and, above all, results-driven drug policy
If government is to legislate properly on the issue, it...
Busuttil’s tightrope walk
Even if it is unfair to saddle Busuttil himself with all the blame for the PN’s crushing defeat in March, it remains a fact that his campaign performance...
Even if it is unfair to saddle Busuttil himself with all...
Taking meritocracy for a ride
Jason Micallef’s nomination to the post of Chairman of V18 undermines the whole concept of meritocracy and ignores the spirit of rewarding competence and...
Jason Micallef’s nomination to the post of Chairman of...
Your job is not a copy-paste
That change brings a breath of fresh air is understood, but that merit plays no part in most of the choices is sad, to say the least.
That change brings a breath of fresh air is understood, but...
Different context, same principle
Underlying the Franco Mercieca dilemma is a much more seminal controversy which has never been satisfactorily resolved.
Underlying the Franco Mercieca dilemma is a much more...
Less planning… more authority?
It remains to be seen whether a MEPA reform to reduce bureaucracy can be achieved without weakening environmental regulations.
It remains to be seen whether a MEPA reform to reduce...
Prison is no place for the police
The present government intends to continue the questionable practice of keeping two vastly different branches of the law and order department together under...
The present government intends to continue the questionable...