Beaches are meant to be ‘public domain’

While the authorities are right to clamp down on such abuses, it remains a fact that such basic rights as ‘public access to public domain sites’ are routinely being...

It won’t always be sunshine and rainbows

Evarist Bartolo

One of the first barriers to be torn down in alternative learning programmes is young people being branded as failures. We must make them believe in themselves and their abilities

So the proof really was in the pudding after all...

Raphael Vassallo

Looking back today, the seeds of this mess can be seen to have been planted a...

Looking back today, the seeds of this mess can be seen to...

While correct journalism demands the publication of documentation and proof, proper governance demands prompt rather than delayed action

While correct journalism demands the publication of...

Josanne Cassar

We shouldn’t have to wait around, with begging bowl in hand, until the government of the day starts distributing pay rises

We shouldn’t have to wait around, with begging bowl...

Saviour Balzan

When I broke the oil kickbacks scandal in January 2013, I had hard facts and documents. I presented them to the police assistant commissioner Michael Cassar on...

When I broke the oil kickbacks scandal in January 2013, I...

More police needed in fight against poaching

Poachers don’t just shoot at protected birds, but they also gleefully...

Poachers don’t just shoot at protected birds, but...

Maltese Court may still have jurisdiction irrespective of foreign jurisdiction clause

Malcolm Mifsud

The Maltese Court may have jurisdiction to hear and decide cases where the parties have signed a contract which indicates another country to have judicial...

The Maltese Court may have jurisdiction to hear and decide...

Don’t give us any leeway, because we just can’t handle it

Josanne Cassar

It is not a very wise idea to give this nation any sort of absolution, or...

It is not a very wise idea to give this nation any sort of...

Raphael Vassallo

The sustainability of the healthcare system has become one of our island’s most cherished political fairy tales

The sustainability of the healthcare system has become one...

The only way the Marsa raid can possibly be described as ‘not a case of racial profiling’ is when it is conducted indiscriminately on all...

The only way the Marsa raid can possibly be described...

Evarist Bartolo

The rhetoric will get louder between now and election day, but it is worth collecting our thoughts and analysing things from a factual point of view

The rhetoric will get louder between now and election day,...

The serpentine road of the defamation Bill

Ingram Bondin

The Bill is attempting to put a special emphasis on insults as a way of...

The Bill is attempting to put a special emphasis on insults...

Ann Fenech

Marlene Farrugia understands only too well that standing for election on one’s own, will counter-intuitively, help Labour get an approval for the...

Marlene Farrugia understands only too well that standing...

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Mark Said

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Whether compulsory or as a complementary subject to religion, the teaching of ethics provides an opportunity to create a common ethical ground for an...

Whether compulsory or as a complementary subject to...

Go on, Sandro: make hay while the sun shines!

Raphael Vassallo

Nobody in the Labour camp seems to have any trouble believing their party would...

Nobody in the Labour camp seems to have any trouble...

Michael Falzon

It seems to be a big gamble on Simon Busuttil’s part, that could lead to a quasi-Pyrrhic victory because Marlene will certainly not let go and start...

It seems to be a big gamble on Simon Busuttil’s part,...

Traffic, the seemingly insurmountable problem

Josanne Cassar

We can either spend the next 20 years complaining about the traffic while doing...

We can either spend the next 20 years complaining about the...

Saviour Balzan

We need to remove at once those policies that are causing irreversible harm that have changed the look of our country. We need to address the issue of...

We need to remove at once those policies that are causing...