When the bomb went off
The bomb that killed Daphne also ignited our collective conscience and made us realise over time that the first step for criminals to succeed is for good people to say nothing
Recalibrating the economic model
With public frustrations mounting, the government faces a dilemma: Can it continue to sustain this economic growth while also addressing the growing social and environmental...
Where is this going?

When the security chief, Godfrey Scicluna, was involved in running over an old man and not immediately prosecuted, there was no reaction from the commissioner...

When the security chief, Godfrey Scicluna, was involved in...

The politics of appeasement

Surrounded by pro-hunting lobbyists and weak ministers, Joseph Muscat has imposed his pro-hunting agenda.

Surrounded by pro-hunting lobbyists and weak ministers,...

Our liberal credentials and the colour black

It must be a real shame for Maltese politicians – and our government...

It must be a real shame for Maltese politicians – and our...

Micro not macro

We are led to believe that the Muscat administration is primarily focused on reviewing and improving the ‘macro management’ of this country.

We are led to believe that the Muscat administration is...

Protecting our freedoms through reason

We cannot defend the malicious use of the press’s powers to attack the privacy and family life of public individuals' associates or relatives simply...

We cannot defend the malicious use of the press’s powers...

Risking European trust over migration

Malta runs the risk of having no room for a reasoned debate on the role of the European Union in assisting the Maltese islands on immigration and asylum.

Malta runs the risk of having no room for a reasoned debate...

Humanitarianism cannot be evaded

Bereft of all logic, the Maltese government prefers pursuing a point of principle, which endangers the lives of 102 asylum seekers, in a stand-off against a...

Bereft of all logic, the Maltese government prefers...

Spring hunting referendum: difficult but not impossible

The recent formation of the Coalition Against Spring Hunting – numbering 11...

The recent formation of the Coalition Against Spring...

When crime does pay

Failure to control what appears to be a widespread practice can have serious repercussions, as the recent murders of both Matthew Zahra and Anthony Borg amply...

Failure to control what appears to be a widespread practice...

More reason to take justice reform seriously

The Maltese courts that adopt draconian measures when it comes to foreign...

The Maltese courts that adopt draconian measures when it...

Nothing to declare

If Malta wishes to abide by the conditions it accepted when ratifying the UN convention against corruption, the annual declaration of assets must be upgraded...

If Malta wishes to abide by the conditions it accepted when...

Same problem, different ‘solution’

One would like to think that MPs on either side of the House are above the temptation to avail of their powers and privileges in order to favour their own...

One would like to think that MPs on either side of the...

It’s about more than numbers

Speaking about unsustainable numbers means automatically that the government has a limit in mind; Muscat should come clean, therefore, and say what he thinks...

Speaking about unsustainable numbers means automatically...

Migration: Fuelling the flames

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has clearly divided Labour’s previously impregnable support base.

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has...

Governments are not above the law

Muscat's cavalier disregard for human rights is not the sort of thing one associates with the sort of country many of us would like to see Malta evolving into;...

Muscat's cavalier disregard for human rights is not the...

The source of the matter

The European Convention on Human Rights has been entrenched in Malta’s constitution since 1987, yet in 2013, Malta still lacks some very basic and...

The European Convention on Human Rights has been entrenched...

All cards on the table, please

The Bahamas, like Switzerland, enjoys a reputation as a haven for precisely such undisclosed bank accounts and dubious transactions. This does not exactly help...

The Bahamas, like Switzerland, enjoys a reputation as a...

A question of consistency

Transparency and accountability were major planks in the Labour Party’s election campaign. Now that Muscat is prime minister, he must hold his own government...

Transparency and accountability were major planks in the...