When the shelves emptied, the system spoke

JP Fabri

If Malta genuinely cares about wellbeing, resilience and long-term stability, then agriculture cannot remain peripheral. Its foundations must become a national priority

Cartoon: 1 February 2026

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

JP Fabri

Foreign workers did not create the pension challenge. They alleviated it. The real risk lies in treating migration as a substitute for reform rather than a...

Foreign workers did not create the pension challenge. They...

This speculation may make for interesting dinner or wedding conversations. It may provoke analytical news features that try to interpret and...

This speculation may make for interesting...

Right to develop airspace vs rights of owners of underlying tenements | Andrew Drago

A recent Court of Appeal judgment clarifies the limits of an airspace owner’s right to build where underlying apartment owners enjoy rights over the roof

A recent Court of Appeal judgment clarifies the limits of...

Mark Said

Amid all-time high levels of job stress and burnout across much of our workforce, the move seems like a step in the right direction

Amid all-time high levels of job stress and burnout across...

Energy stability is a choice we make for the people

Miriam Dalli

My focus and that of my ministry and the teams across it, is singular—to...

My focus and that of my ministry and the teams across it,...

Malta’s agricultural and animal husbandry sector may be small and unable on their own to meet the country’s food demands. But they remain crucial...

Malta’s agricultural and animal husbandry sector may...

What some Maltese people don’t get: ICE would come after them too

Josanne Cassar

Speaking to people who have been dragged away by ICE agents the report,...

Speaking to people who have been dragged away by ICE agents...

Saviour Balzan

So, when Ricky Caruana chose to interview convicted sex offender Justin Haber, I was wondering what this guy, who never practised journalism before, wanted to...

So, when Ricky Caruana chose to interview convicted sex...

Island in the world: What a data release tells us about risk, resilience and readiness

JP Fabri

Malta’s growth model is increasingly reliant on external capability to sustain itself. That is a vulnerability in a world defined by permacrisis

Malta’s growth model is increasingly reliant on...

Caruana should have known better than offer his platform to a convicted sex offender without having the decency and temerity to even question and challenge the...

Caruana should have known better than offer his platform to...

When the road is to blame, file a claim |Shaban Ben Taher

Jurisprudence provides a number of scenarios where authorities responsible for...

Jurisprudence provides a number of scenarios where...

Gozo’s next confident step forward | Clint Camilleri

The year ahead will undoubtedly present its challenges. However, through...

The year ahead will undoubtedly present its challenges....

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A year of social progress rooted in Labour values | Leonid McKay

As we look ahead to 2026, our strategy remains clear: Combining economic...

As we look ahead to 2026, our strategy remains clear:...

A year of reflection, a year of resolve | Ivan Castillo

There is a growing sense among many that while something better is needed, no...

There is a growing sense among many that while something...

It is only an international rules-based order that keeps the powerful in check, recognises the sovereignty of nations, and protects everyone from the chaos...

It is only an international rules-based order that keeps...

Ħaley Xuereb

Our national disease is not corruption alone, but boredom; the flattening of public life until nothing protrudes enough to offend or inspire

Our national disease is not corruption alone, but boredom;...

2026: Maybe this is the year we should go back to living our real lives

Josanne Cassar

Yet, there it is every day on my feed, in varying degrees of realness and authenticity, and invariably, it makes me wonder how we got here

Yet, there it is every day on my feed, in varying degrees...

JP Fabri

Malta’s economy continues to grow faster than the European average, yet public finances are under strain, recurrent expenditure is rising faster than...

Malta’s economy continues to grow faster than the...