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A metro and trust: Alex Borg’s high-risk gamble

The country needs a new direction—all sides acknowledge this. Can the PN really offer the fresh start it is promising? It’s up to Alex Borg to give a convincing answer

Appeasing Islamophobes and ignoring human rights

We expected much better from the two aspirants for prime minister. We expected to see leadership. What we got instead was a populist reply that tried to appease the Islamophobes,...

The Prime Minister has a duty to explain what part he played in the hospitals concession deal, if at all, between 2015 and now. The public has a right to know.

The Prime Minister has a duty to explain what part he...

Redefining neutrality, in a changing political landscape

In this sense, we should not shun a mature debate on redefining our Neutrality...

In this sense, we should not shun a mature debate on...

SLAPP threatens democracy, not just journalism

SLAPP is not just a threat to the press, it is also a legal tool used by the...

SLAPP is not just a threat to the press, it is also a legal...

Conflict of interest, or comedy of errors?

It is therefore even more surprising and damning that history keeps repeating...

It is therefore even more surprising and damning that...

Voters worried about corruption, inequalities and environmental degradation are now more likely to protest by not voting rather than support a PN obsessed by...

Voters worried about corruption, inequalities and...

No conflict between public inquiries and criminal investigations

It is of vital importance that the information gathered from these individual...

It is of vital importance that the information gathered...

Why, then, does the PN cling to an exceptionalist, almost identitarian and anti-feminist view of sexual and reproductive rights when its own modern,...

Why, then, does the PN cling to an exceptionalist, almost...

Portelli’s antics suggest that for him football is just a toy, which he plays with as he pleases. It also suggests that Portelli is using the club...

Portelli’s antics suggest that for him football is...

Justice requires quality, not just quantity

It is clear that government cannot claim, at this stage, to have given the...

It is clear that government cannot claim, at this stage, to...

Prison director, and convicted criminal, at the same time

If Robert Brincau resigned, after having been convicted of a serious crime;...

If Robert Brincau resigned, after having been convicted of...

It is clear that we are looking at more than just a question of ‘inefficiency’, or ‘incompetence’, by any one individual office, but...

It is clear that we are looking at more than just a...

Both parties may be affected by ‘abortion fallout’

What remains to be seen, from both sides, is: how much of their own voter-base...

What remains to be seen, from both sides, is: how much of...

Back to censorship, under ‘progressive’ Labour

Surely, the country’s entire justice system should have far more serious...

Surely, the country’s entire justice system should...

Gozo airstrip decision leaves the public ‘grounded’

In this sense: even if the airport is approved, it is vital to address the...

In this sense: even if the airport is approved, it is vital...

Clearly, there must be some form of mediation – ideally provided by the President, as well as other parliamentary officers – to impart upon both...

Clearly, there must be some form of mediation –...

Malta is in no position to criticise ‘Qatargate’

From this perspective, it is clearly hypocritical of countries like Malta to...

From this perspective, it is clearly hypocritical of...

In a country where so many people depend on safe pedestrian management for their daily needs, the sheer number of unsafe walkways amounts to no less than a...

In a country where so many people depend on safe pedestrian...

Those who even fail to recognise the kind of compromise proposed in Bill 28, a law aimed squarely at protecting the life of women when an unviable pregnancy...

Those who even fail to recognise the kind of compromise...