Business as usual?
Bernard Grech has sent out a strong overall signal of inclusion and renewal: even if this is happening in the absence of a much-needed debate on the party’s future direction...
Full House
Michael Falzon
The increase of six seats to each side upsets the corrective mechanism made to ensure that, in a two-party House, the number of MPs in each party reflect the ratio of the votes...
Tran|Sport Malta Marathon? That’s an admirable feat of compression, if nothing else

No. 127 | Running With Ministerial Scissors

No. 127 | Running With Ministerial Scissors

‘Not one single case of bad governance’ | Mark Anthony Sammut
Mark Anthony Sammut

The PN is not perfect, but our heart is in the right place, our motivations are...

The PN is not perfect, but our heart is in the right place,...

No amount of ‘cosmetic surgery’ can disguise the rape of Xlendi
Raphael Vassallo

All things considered, they actually did a pretty good job… of creating...

All things considered, they actually did a pretty good...

American University of Malta: an abject failure
Michael Falzon

Nothing explains the abject failure of the AUM project as this incredible...

Nothing explains the abject failure of the AUM project as...

How the State took over the Malta marathon
Josanne Cassar

Using a charity, and the name of a much-loved doctor who died in a tragic...

Using a charity, and the name of a much-loved doctor who...

Cry me a river, Robert
Emma Portelli Bonnici

Robert Abela would be a once-sparkling-now-flat wine socialist

Robert Abela would be a once-sparkling-now-flat wine...

The waiting game is on
Saviour Balzan

Robert Abela has kept everyone on tenterhooks with the election date and that includes his own ministers, his party administration and his closest associates

Robert Abela has kept everyone on tenterhooks with the...

Where is the justice ministry’s explanation?

The abject failure of the Attorney General to negotiate the process of justice...

The abject failure of the Attorney General to negotiate the...

Why we deserve better
Arnold Cassola

The 21% who do not trust Robert Abela and Bernard Grech have the power to change things.

The 21% who do not trust Robert Abela and Bernard Grech...

Islands of small differences
Evarist Bartolo

In the survey ‘Maltin fid-dinja’, only 6% say that neutrality is not important at all. 10 times as much, 63% say it is very important for our...

In the survey ‘Maltin fid-dinja’, only 6% say...

No, it is not ‘in the national interest’ (in fact, it’s not even in Robert Abela’s)
Raphael Vassallo

The present level of election uncertainty, a major concern among Maltese businesses, will not only be unnecessarily prolonged for anywhere up to eight or...

The present level of election uncertainty, a major...

Hands off the editor!
Karl Schembri

Leave an empty front chair for Victor, with his name printed and taped, in every press conference you go to, until he is reinstated. And hound Robert Abela and...

Leave an empty front chair for Victor, with his name...

A victory for common sense

So while it remains welcome, that Abela is now committed to rectifying mistakes made by his predecessor; it would be a bitter pill to swallow, if the country...

So while it remains welcome, that Abela is now committed to...

St Paul’s day is like vintage fake news propping up Catholic nation-building

The Skinny | No 126 – Shipwrecked Saints & Sanctified Snakes

The Skinny | No 126 – Shipwrecked Saints &...

Misinformation on emergency contraception
Isabel Stabile

Life Network persists in publishing factually incorrect information about...

Life Network persists in publishing factually incorrect...

‘God is on the PN’s side?’ That explains a heck of a lot…
Raphael Vassallo

And if that same old, tired ‘Alla Magħna!’ tune has now clearly...

And if that same old, tired ‘Alla Magħna!’...

The quest for democracy
Michael Falzon

Choosing an election date beyond the end of March will create a situation where Labour’s lead will continue to erode and any comparison between...

Choosing an election date beyond the end of March will...

What is the tax man doing in Sin City?
Saviour Balzan

Hearing the NGOs baying for blood now? They would be right this time around - Malta’s dismal track record on accountability and ethics in public...

Hearing the NGOs baying for blood now? They would be right...