Our greatest challenge in 2017
The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity to finally exorcise a traditional inferiority complex that has dogged our country since Colonial times. Too much hinges...
The cost of human life
Michael Falzon
The proposal for the alcohol limit for drivers to be slashed from 0.8 gr. to 0.5 gr. is a step in the right direction and should be adopted without any further useless arguments
On much-needed reform at PBS
Mark Camilleri

TVM needs more cultural and intelligent content and a quantum leap in the quality of artistic productions

TVM needs more cultural and intelligent content and a...

Forgive and forget…
Raphael Vassallo

The government considers law enforcement to be an impossible pipe-dream when applied to construction and development

The government considers law enforcement to be an...

Cartoon: 28 August 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Taking over the asylum

In a country where so much still depends on a system of political patronage, this can only raise suspicions of nepotism in the broader sense of the word

In a country where so much still depends on a system of...

From boycotts to cocaine busts
Saviour Balzan

Politicians need to start talking about vision and convince themselves that winning elections is not the most important thing that counts

Politicians need to start talking about vision and convince...

The future of Maltese TV in the Internet age
Josanne Cassar

As happened with newspapers and print journalism, the direction in which TV is...

As happened with newspapers and print journalism, the...

After Panama – two weights, two measures

Among those 11.5 million documents that caused the planet to wobble, we are...

Among those 11.5 million documents that caused the planet...

The hunters’ saint

This summer, the anniversary celebrated in St Julian's relates to the establishment of the parish

This summer, the anniversary celebrated in St Julian's...

Authority ordered to issue Senglea extension
Robert Musumeci

An application for structural alterations together with a roof extension on a...

An application for structural alterations together with a...

Morning-after pill: truths not told

MAP is being made to sound innocuous and promoted as the solution that will liberate women’s sexuality

MAP is being made to sound innocuous and promoted as the...

Home schooling: More cons than pros
Josanne Cassar

Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a microcosm of life – because nothing else can prepares you for dealing with all types of people and...

Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a...

Crunch time for Air Malta

The path has now been cleared for the new business plan to take off

The path has now been cleared for the new business plan to...

What’s ‘public’ about public broadcasting, anyway?
Raphael Vassallo

Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people trust PBS more than...

Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people...

False criminal report and calumnious accusations are separate offences
Malcolm Mifsud

A court presided by Magistrate Joseph Mifsud explained that the charges of a false criminal report and calumnious accusations may be factually similar,...

A court presided by Magistrate Joseph Mifsud explained...

Cartoon: 24 August 2016

Edwin Vassallo serving the unions on Air Malta

Edwin Vassallo serving the unions on Air Malta

Making Malta liveable
Evarist Bartolo

Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen whole new towns appear before our eyes and grow into communities

Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen...

Have the floodgates been opened?

The Gozo Chamber's proposal may well open the floodgates to speculative abuse that will almost certainly destroy Gozo’s inimitable character

The Gozo Chamber's proposal may well open the...

Rents without tears
Michael Falzon

With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom, the number of problems with tenants not abiding by their tenancy agreement is bound to increase

With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom,...