Put your environmental outrage where your vote is
Raphael Vassallo
Fact of the matter is that the hunters’ lobby has so far proven to be everything that Malta’s environmentalist movement is not, and never has been. They are motivated;...
Hunters getting zero pushback from government? Shocking and unexpected, isn’t it...
The Skinny | No. 56 – The Hunter-Ranger Elite of Miżieb and L-Aħrax
It’s as though Covid-19 never happened at all...
Raphael Vassallo

This, too, is why I don’t think the Covid-19 issue, in all its...

This, too, is why I don’t think the Covid-19 issue,...

Safeguarding both health and economy is possible, and doable

Recent experience suggests that it is perfectly possible – and indeed,...

Recent experience suggests that it is perfectly possible...

Teleworking is helping us be more effective. Let’s keep it up
Miriam Dalli

This is a perfect opportunity of us to put our heads together and think of what...

This is a perfect opportunity of us to put our heads...

The reality of good governance | Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi

The Venice Commission has issued a positive report on our ambitious reforms. It...

The Venice Commission has issued a positive report on our...

We’re fast running out of scapegoats for Malta’s corruption cases. Now that’s what I call a crisis!

The Skinny | No 41 • Konrad: Kicking and Screaming

The Skinny | No 41 • Konrad: Kicking and Screaming

No simple truth
Michael Falzon

Whatever the merits and demerits of Caruana Galizia’s blog, the fact is that she was on the right track in her hunt of the ramifications that became...

Whatever the merits and demerits of Caruana Galizia’s...

It was never about ‘ethical standards’, though, was it?
Raphael Vassallo

It seems that an undercurrent of Labour supporters can’t understand how a...

It seems that an undercurrent of Labour supporters...

The key to a bigger web of corruption
Saviour Balzan

The truth is that Yorgen Fenech is certainly no saint, but it is equally true that he could be the key to a more sinister web of corruption that is at the...

The truth is that Yorgen Fenech is certainly no saint, but...

The unique Maltese quirk of ‘tpaxxihomx’ (don’t give them the satisfaction)
Josanne Cassar

The reason why Konrad Mizzi still has such a following is not because these people are unable to understand that he did anything wrong, but because in the...

The reason why Konrad Mizzi still has such a following is...

The bar has been raised, but not high enough

Prime Minister Robert Abela’s first priority must be to take the...

Prime Minister Robert Abela’s first priority must be...

Marcus Rashford, Black Lives Matter and a British premier who is out of his league
The Conversation

Chris Porter | Though football in the UK has its sectarian divides and distinct national allegiances, English football culture has traditionally tended to shy...

Chris Porter | Though football in the UK has its sectarian...

Public sculpture expert: why I welcome decision to throw Colston statue in river
The Conversation

​Claudine van Hensbergen • I hope Bristol Council fishes it out the water and sticks it in a museum so we don’t forget what has happened....

​Claudine van Hensbergen • I hope Bristol...

Authorities have an obligation to assist the public
Malcolm Mifsud

uthorities are bound at law to give all vital information to the public in...

uthorities are bound at law to give all vital information...

Where did all the PN’s lost votes go?
Raphael Vassallo

All it would take to harness the current large swathe of undecided voters is a new party that can appeal to their demands of better governance… and...

All it would take to harness the current large swathe of...

Abela moves from words into action: Konrad Mizzi gets the boot

Mizzi flung down the gauntlet, and defied Abela’s explicit marching...

Mizzi flung down the gauntlet, and defied...

Konrad Mizzi, an eventful ministerial appointment
Michael Falzon

The idea of using people like Lionel Gerada to dish out taxpayer’s money...

The idea of using people like Lionel Gerada to dish out...

It was a trap... and Adrian Delia walked right into it
Raphael Vassallo

Whose interest does it serve, to cast doubt on the only testimony that might...

Whose interest does it serve, to cast doubt on the only...

The right thing to do. But it will not be easy...
Saviour Balzan

Prime Minister Robert Abela has a dilemma. He knows that he could potentially...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has a dilemma. He knows that he...