The hardworking middle class needs a morale booster
Caruana’s next budget must provide the ray of hope that allows Malta’s hard workers and self-employed the chance to dream and achieve
Rights, favours and a sick political culture
People should be able to access a social benefit, or be treated in a timely manner in the health system, because it is their right and not because someone is doing them a favour....
Show us the evidence

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando presents a quandary for the PN.

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando presents a quandary for the PN.

Caught in a political no man’s land

Regardless of how the PN chooses to ‘discipline’ its own members, the paralysis affecting the present government will invariably entail serious...

Regardless of how the PN chooses to ‘discipline’ its...

Symptoms of a failed system

In the aftermath of the chilling events of last Friday, many of the shortcomings identified in the International Commission of Jurists’ report were visibly...

In the aftermath of the chilling events of last Friday,...

Facing the inevitable

History has a nasty habit of repeating itself.

History has a nasty habit of repeating itself.

From GonziPN… to Gonzi vs PN?

Parliament has now clearly descended into the domain of the personal, the petty and the ridiculous.

Parliament has now clearly descended into the domain of the...

A question of self respect

With Monday’s vote in Parliament, the previously invisible battle lines of the Nationalist Party’s civil war have now been dragged into the open for all to...

With Monday’s vote in Parliament, the previously...

The end of the tether

Prime Minister Gonzi should really think twice before trying to keep up the futile pretence that all these issues are merely figments of our imagination.

Prime Minister Gonzi should really think twice before...

Making the proposals known

The two motions tabled by the Labour Party against Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici and Malta’s Permanent Representative to the EU Richard Cachia...

The two motions tabled by the Labour Party against Home...

Political fatigue

Both sides are so busy concerning themselves with the events of five decades ago that they appear to have forgotten we are now in 2012.

Both sides are so busy concerning themselves with the...

Hankering after better transport

In a rather unusual turn of events, it had to be Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks to expose Malta’s increasingly exasperating traffic situation.

In a rather unusual turn of events, it had to be Hollywood...

Taking the country for a ride

The fact that so much uncertainty continues to shroud Franco Debono’s intentions suggests he himself does not have a clear idea of where he wants to go, or...

The fact that so much uncertainty continues to shroud...

Of rockets and reality checks

By focusing on North Korea, the Prime Minister exposed himself to the charge of hypocrisy, for accusing the Opposition of a shortcoming that his own government...

By focusing on North Korea, the Prime Minister exposed...

Only one way out of this mess

The current situation in parliament has gone beyond farcical, and is now bordering on the perilously absurd.

The current situation in parliament has gone beyond...

A price hike too far

The latest price increase for bottled gas, on top of the recent fuel hike and the revised utility tariffs, poses the most serious challenge yet to the present...

The latest price increase for bottled gas, on top of the...

Embryonic confusion

It would appear that Gozo Bishop Mario Grech’s homily last Friday, on the occasion of Our Lady of Sorrows, has shocked and confused a sizeable number of...

It would appear that Gozo Bishop Mario Grech’s homily...

Nicholas Azzopardi’s legacy

On Saturday, Police Commissioner John Rizzo publicly called on the Attorney General to reopen inquiries into the death of Nicholas Azzopardi, who died...

On Saturday, Police Commissioner John Rizzo publicly called...

Nobody is above parliament

There is something increasingly abnormal, if not downright sinister, about the government’s apparent disregard for the basic functions and protocols of...

There is something increasingly abnormal, if not downright...

An uninspiring turn of events

It was revealed that the Inspire Foundation has had to cease providing a number of essential services, because of unexpected cuts to the government social...

It was revealed that the Inspire Foundation has had to...