Criminal inconvenience must be grave, continuous and intense

Malcolm Mifsud

Usta was accused of operating a loud speaker, gramophone, amplifier etc and causing a nuisance to a neighbour. The Magistrates in July 2017 found the accused guilty of the charge...

Nationality is irrelevant when it comes to crime and violence

Josanne Cassar

Dangerously violent men who snap because their girlfriend or wife leaves them exist everywhere. In this type of crime nationality has nothing to do with it

Josanne Cassar

I seriously see no benefit in having money pouring out of our ears while everyone is fuming with rage on our gridlocked roads packed like sardines with too...

I seriously see no benefit in having money pouring out of...

‘Freedom of speech’ is not ‘wisdom to speak’

Freedom does not imply freedom from the consequences of what one says... this...

Freedom does not imply freedom from the consequences of...

Matthew Bugeja

The meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States will not achieve much, but accelerates the process to either a peace deal or war

The meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the...

Attorney General’s newest procedural right to appeal to find retroactive application

Malcolm Mifsud

The Court explained that procedural criminal law has effective and immediate application, meaning that the procedures become effective even to proceedings that...

The Court explained that procedural criminal law has...

We have to decide: Do we want to use IIP money or not?

Josanne Cassar

So, we have to decide, do we want this money to be used where it is most...

So, we have to decide, do we want this money to be used...

If you declare war... be ready to fight your war

Raphael Vassallo

Openly antagonising roughly half the country, every single time you resort to...

Openly antagonising roughly half the country, every single...

On the surface, it was a generous donation to a worthy cause. But even at a glance, it is evident that there were ulterior motives behind this generosity

On the surface, it was a generous donation to a worthy...

Why it’s so hard to #DeleteFacebook | S. Shyam Sundar

The Conversation

As in all abusive relationships, users have a psychological dependence that...

As in all abusive relationships, users have a psychological...

Evarist Bartolo

I do think that we underestimate our children sometimes. If we give them the opportunity, they can offer refreshing points of view and, needless to say, they...

I do think that we underestimate our children sometimes. If...

Raphael Vassallo

I’m beginning to think it’s some kind of contagious disease… Symptoms include a willingness to believe any form of allegation

I’m beginning to think it’s some kind of...

Michael Falzon

Today Malta is a successful EU member state providing the livelihood of some 40,000 foreign workers. Who would have believed this way back in September 1964?

Today Malta is a successful EU member state providing the...

Josanne Cassar

'It is easy to understand why Ali Sadr would want to invite some important ‘movers and shakers’ from the country which had licensed his bank...

'It is easy to understand why Ali Sadr would want to...

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Mark Said

If government uses social media to bypass advertising spending in newspapers, it would be deliberately debilitating the newspaper industry’s...

If government uses social media to bypass...

DNA is not the only evidence to establish the paternity of a child

Malcolm Mifsud

In the absence of DNA, declaration of the parents of a child could be...

In the absence of DNA, declaration of the parents of a...

Don’t quit Facebook, but don’t trust it, either

The Conversation

Prof. Denise Anthony and Luke Stark • Facebook has grown from its origins...

Prof. Denise Anthony and Luke Stark • Facebook has...

Equality for the unprivileged | Rachelle Deguara

The struggle of the unprivileged woman that had been through oppression shall...

The struggle of the unprivileged woman that had been...

How about not destroying any more of our own island first?

Raphael Vassallo

The stark truth, however, is that we live on island that has a multi-millennial...

The stark truth, however, is that we live on island that...

Josanne Cassar

Ultimately, the real work of holding the Government and large corporations to account lies in rolling up one’s sleeves, investigating, poring over the...

Ultimately, the real work of holding the Government and...