Enter Jean Claude Micallef, Nationalist reject now populist clown
Saviour Balzan
Jean Claude Micallef is simply eager about being spoken about, driven by a belief that once you turn into a tannoy for populist spiel, you’re hitting a chord with the public
What can’t be laughed at, can never be defeated
Raphael Vassallo
Why run the risk of depriving future generations of a cultural influence that – for better or worse – helped to shape the very same awareness that informs so much of...
Queues and empty shelves reveal our fear of an uncertain future
Raisa Galea

Deep down, everyone who was filling up trolleys with basic goods harboured no...

Deep down, everyone who was filling up trolleys with basic...

Homes cannot be our coffins. The tyranny of complacency ends today
Andrew Azzopardi

We must take on the dictatorship of the haves and demand that our little island...

We must take on the dictatorship of the haves and demand...

Panic-buying during the relatively mild coronavirus outbreak is a sobering litmus test

The Skinny | No 24. Bulk buying in the time of the coronavirus

The Skinny | No 24. Bulk buying in the time of the...

Grab the money and run
Michael Falzon

The management contract is certainly in trouble. Not so the people behind Vitals and their chief executive

The management contract is certainly in trouble. Not so the...

Not exactly N.I.M.B.Y.
Saviour Balzan

I don’t think that Delia really cares, he is not only delusional but he couldn’t give a hoot if his party disintegrates into nothingness and this...

I don’t think that Delia really cares, he is not only...

How prepared are we for an epidemic, really?
Josanne Cassar

When people are kept in the dark and everything is not explained clearly, it...

When people are kept in the dark and everything is not...

‘An overblown, press-created hysteria’

The general public would be far better served by paying more attention to the...

The general public would be far better served by paying...

When a warrant does not rest on an executive title it can be executed any time and without prior Court authorisation
Malcolm Mifsud

Where an executive warrant does not rest on an executive title, such as in the case of an executive warrant after a judicial sale by auction, then the...

Where an executive warrant does not rest on an executive...

[WATCH] Why Abela has to stop the hospitals privatisation concession
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: Why Tumuluri’s €5 million bonus is...

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: Why Tumuluri’s...

Would you rather panic or rely on facts?
Josanne Cassar

Fomenting nationwide panic will not solve anything and never has. The rising levels of alarm and fear can only lead to making a possibly risky situation worse

Fomenting nationwide panic will not solve anything and...

If Malta broke international law… so did the European Commission
Raphael Vassallo

It therefore follows that, should a European policy be deemed...

It therefore follows that, should a European policy be...

Why do Christians wear ashes on Ash Wednesday?
The Conversation

Michael Laver • Christians bearing the sign of the cross on their forehead...

Michael Laver • Christians bearing the sign of the...

Blood on our hands

Just like the 2003 pushback to Eritrea, carried out by the Nationalist administration, once again the Maltese government has blood on its hands

Just like the 2003 pushback to Eritrea, carried out by the...

Malta police arrests: normality and working institutions? That’s a kaleidoscopic hall of mirrors kind of statement…

The Skinny | No 23. Mass arrest of Malta’s traffic police

The Skinny | No 23. Mass arrest of Malta’s traffic...

‘Like’ and ‘Share’ are the new guns and tanks
Evarist Bartolo

We need to step up our efforts, at least in the European Union where our voice...

We need to step up our efforts, at least in the European...

No one knows anything
Michael Falzon

The survey confirmed that Delia became PN leader as a reaction to the ‘forma mentis’ of those in the know-it-all bubble – for want of...

The survey confirmed that Delia became PN leader as a...

Great, so when do we get La Valette’s sword back?
Raphael Vassallo

Greece gets its Marbles back… we get La Valette’s sword…...

Greece gets its Marbles back… we get La...

Is the Caruana Galizia public inquiry really working?
Saviour Balzan

The public inquiry seems to be a show of naïveté about what has...

The public inquiry seems to be a show of...