Safeguarding Hondoq Bay for future generations
Miriam Dalli
The tenacity and dedication of many Qala residents, environmental NGOs and other objectors, led by Qala mayor Paul Buttigieg, have finally defeated several attempts to destroy the...
Saying sorry is not easy
Michael Falzon
As everybody knows, it is always far easier to ask for an apology than to make one yourself!
A young nurse’s lament: Where are the people who clapped for us during COVID?

A young nurse speaks of the frustration of being overworked, underpaid and vilified for putting their foot down to get the conditions they deserve

A young nurse speaks of the frustration of being...

The human cost of Malta’s traffic fiasco
Daniel Xerri

The Maltese obsession with cars means that motorcycles remain a niche vehicle...

The Maltese obsession with cars means that motorcycles...

Can Labour clear the mess?
Michael Falzon

In the current situation, cleaning the Labour party seems to be akin to cleaning the Augean stables - and Robert Abela is no Hercules despite being a...

In the current situation, cleaning the Labour party seems...

Will Malta end up having to go ‘nuclear’?
Raphael Vassallo

By now it should be painfully obvious that – in practice – Malta...

By now it should be painfully obvious that – in...

Why Christian Borg’s bullying and threats are no longer OK
Saviour Balzan

We need to ensure that crooks that come by the name of Christian Borg are not...

We need to ensure that crooks that come by the name of...

Tackling inequality in the age of AI
Alex Agius Saliba

Through AI, we have a huge opportunity to improve our daily lives. We as Europeans are at this very important historical juncture of our human relationship...

Through AI, we have a huge opportunity to improve our daily...

The dirty political implications of the Yorgen-Rosianne chats
Arnold Cassola

What is scandalous are the dirty dealings going on behind our back in the...

What is scandalous are the dirty dealings going on behind...

Animal rights? What a circus...
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike the ‘puddy-tat’ from Looney Toons – which invariably turned out to be a very REAL feline, by the name of ‘Shylveshter’...

Unlike the ‘puddy-tat’ from Looney Toons...

A dithering and undecisive PN
Michael Falzon

For the PN, the road back to winning more support implies more internal discipline on what and how MPs say when they express their thoughts, quick immediate...

For the PN, the road back to winning more support implies...

Damned if you’re ‘endangered’;  damned if you’re not...
Raphael Vassallo

The migratory birds that we massacre in Malta each year, are the same birds...

The migratory birds that we massacre in Malta each year,...

Who cares about the residents? Let’s just close another road
Josanne Cassar

You simply cannot trap people in their own homes by undertaking simultaneous...

You simply cannot trap people in their own homes by...

Uninformed political opinions took space meant for children

Artists behind the play Gender Boss say they are shocked by...

Artists behind the play Gender Boss say they are shocked by...

‘Pencil Development’ should be rubbed out, not rubber-stamped
Raphael Vassallo

The government of Malta has not just ‘forgotten’ all about those...

The government of Malta has not just...

The unravelling of Muscat’s coalition
Michael Falzon

Otherwise the Labour Party inherited by Abela will keep on dragging its feet in power and Malta loses the chance to renew itself sooner rather than later

Otherwise the Labour Party inherited by Abela will keep on...

‘Get Whatsapp’, they said. It’s ‘safe and secure’, they said...
Raphael Vassallo

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much ‘positive value’, in a course of action that may well end up jeopardising – in not actually...

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much...

No, it’s not because she is a woman, it’s because she is an MP
Josanne Cassar

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into issues which are...

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into...

‘Pencil Development’ should be rubbed out, not rubber-stamped
Raphael Vassallo

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those ’broken teeth’...

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those...

Regulating the construction industry
Michael Falzon

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law, every Tom Dick and Harry can - at whatever age - buy a big machine and start assuming excavation and...

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law,...