And the construction machine keeps bulldozing on…

Raphael Vassallo

OK, so perhaps it was a little naïve of me to expect developers to actually impose some kind of moratorium on themselves – a ‘day of silence’, perhaps, out...

Time to reassess our priorities

But what does growth mean for those who die, or lose their loved ones? Clearly, we must reassess our national priorities… otherwise we would have failed the victims of...

The story of the 800 Isis fighters on a ship in St Paul’s Bay: The changed media landscape

Kurt Sansone

It is the undying rigours of journalism that will enable us to make sense of information that comes our way and remain a beacon of certainty in a world that...

It is the undying rigours of journalism that will enable us...

Matthew Vella

We need a social pact in which the power of journalism – a journalism that does good and that serves the public – can be guaranteed a future

We need a social pact in which the power of journalism...

The joys and pains of documenting change

James Debono

From Gonzi to Muscat, chronicling the environmental destruction at the hands of Maltese governments has been a mix of joy and pain

From Gonzi to Muscat, chronicling the environmental...

Raphael Vassallo

The long and short of it is that the work of a journalist can be very hard. Even hair-raising, at times. But it is also highly rewarding.

The long and short of it is that the work of a journalist...

The only way forward is to remove Schembri and Mizzi now

Josanne Cassar

This week, with the very real possibility that those in the seat of power have...

This week, with the very real possibility that those in the...

‘This is what you’ll get, if you mess with us…’

Raphael Vassallo

Call me a naïve optimist, but I still believe there is time to roll back...

Call me a naïve optimist, but I still believe there is...

A brave initiative that must deliver an outcome

Though any step that can bring closure to this case is to be welcomed,...

Though any step that can bring closure to this case is to...

The next wave of innovation will not be about phones

Evarist Bartolo

I do hope that real innovation in areas such as education is more focused on...

I do hope that real innovation in areas such as education...

Raphael Vassallo

Amazing, isn’t it? By simply inserting the word ‘medical’ before any drug of one’s choice, one also automatically alters the chemical...

Amazing, isn’t it? By simply inserting the word...

Michael Falzon

Criminal law follows scrupulously the assumption that everybody is innocent until proven guilty. This is an important legal precept, but it holds no water in...

Criminal law follows scrupulously the assumption that...

Josanne Cassar

Meanwhile, the populace can only stand by and watch as towns and villages are irreversibly destroyed in the name of progress, much like the residents of Venice...

Meanwhile, the populace can only stand by and watch as...

Saviour Balzan

In the Labour milieu, people are talking of a government that needs to act fast and of a strong Joseph Muscat who is simply not there

In the Labour milieu, people are talking of a government...

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Miriam Dalli

JP Fabri

There is a big difference between the rules that govern how a court of law works, and the affect these have on all actors involved therein, and the rules that...

There is a big difference between the rules that govern how...

So all this 17 Black and Keith Schembri saga is a game of courtroom ‘chicken’? Basically, yes

No 10. | Keith Schembri and 17 Black

Court awards sum of wages owed to employee although employment contract was not in writing

Malcolm Mifsud

An employment contract is not one which is enlisted in Article 1233 which outlines contracts must be in writing on pain of nullity

An employment contract is not one which is enlisted in...

Grants for animal adoptions: Doling out cheques is only a stop-gap measure

Josanne Cassar

Money can solve certain problems it’s true, but when one is not addressing the root cause, then it is merely a temporary stop-gap measure

Money can solve certain problems it’s true, but when...

Labour’s only Opposition comes from… Labour

Raphael Vassallo

Civil society is powerless to bring about change without access to the...

Civil society is powerless to bring about change without...

Malta needs reassurance that it is not contravening international law, and committing human rights violations, through ‘secret deals’ with other...

Malta needs reassurance that it is not contravening...