Truth is in the eye of the beholder
Evarist Bartolo
Do we really want an authority, whether Facebook or someone else, that controls what is shared and posted? It’s not like the truth has any chance
Money as a measure of success? Only ‘now’. And only ‘here’...
Raphael Vassallo
The rest of the EU is driven by ‘higher values’. It is only here in rotten, corrupt little Malta... and only now, under the present rotten administration... that...
On Catalonia, the use and abuse of history
Carmel Vassallo

Like all texts which have to accommodate often conflicting interests, the...

Like all texts which have to accommodate often conflicting...

Teachers deserve much better
Evarist Bartolo

Schools are often the 'melting pot of society', that face the wrath of a culmination of societal issues...

Schools are often the 'melting pot of society',...

People don’t have opinions, they have parties
Michael Falzon

People have a difficulty in understanding the implications of the word...

People have a difficulty in understanding the implications...

If you want to ‘Occupy Castille’... win an election
Raphael Vassallo

Taken literally, 'Occupy Castille' is a rallying cry to overthrow a...

Taken literally, 'Occupy Castille' is a rallying...

Freedom to offend? Tony tests the waters
Josanne Cassar

You see, that’s the thing with free speech; it’s a two way street even when the tune being played does not sit well with your own music score

You see, that’s the thing with free speech;...

What matters counts
Saviour Balzan

Beyond Daphne, the sad truth is that there are few veteran journalists working with independent houses who have not been pushed into a corner and reduced to...

Beyond Daphne, the sad truth is that there are few veteran...

Salvaging Muscat’s legacy

Joseph Muscat knows only too well that Labour’s brand has been severely damaged. From now on, he faces an uncertain political future

Joseph Muscat knows only too well that Labour’s brand...

MaltaToday Cartoon: 29 October 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The day that changed Malta

Malta has changed, but the brutal murder of Daphne casts an unwelcome light on Malta that many in Europe thought of as a holiday destination

Malta has changed, but the brutal murder of Daphne casts an...

When a customer tells a service provider to stop, it means stop
Malcolm Mifsud

The Small Claims Tribunal ruled that with the expiration of a TV contract, it...

The Small Claims Tribunal ruled that with the expiration of...

This will never end
Josanne Cassar

A call for unity does not translate into standing behind the Government 'even when it fails us, and even when it is wrong'

A call for unity does not translate into standing behind...

The ‘universe Daphne created’
Raphael Vassallo

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana Galizia's writing increasingly came to echo an underlying malaise we all know to be true, yet rarely confront:...

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana...

Investigation must remain top priority

The effect of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder on the public will be 'extraordinary'. 'Such is the nature of a crime against everything that...

The effect of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder on the...

Politicians cannot reopen old wounds
Alex Sciberras

We need our leaders not just to find the solution to our ills, but to also remind us of our humanity and compassion at times of collective grief and crisis

We need our leaders not just to find the solution to our...

Our faith in the institutions
Malcolm Mifsud

The fact there is so much mistrust in the institutions has turned into the Prime Minister’s main headache. Calling for us to unite behind them, when he...

The fact there is so much mistrust in the institutions has...

Upholding human decency
Evarist Bartolo

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an affront to the liberties and freedoms we all hold dear, as long as we are not selective in our definition...

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an...

Malta isn’t working
Frank Psaila

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others wanted her dead. Politicians, across the political divides, despised her

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others...

No bombs can condition democracy
Mark Camilleri

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any other journalist or writer, would ever have been executed

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any...