Power of incumbency
Even if government has so far been successful in juggling economic growth and public expenditure to Malta’s benefit, there is a limit to how far this gamble can be stretched
‘The Best in (Stone Age) Europe’
Raphael Vassallo
In an age without electricity... yes, we certainly would be ‘centre of excellence’. And we really would be ‘the best in Europe’... by late Palaeolithic...
… it’s a small world
Saviour Balzan

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at old homes, pulling down relatively new homes and constructing new apartments, turning the townscape...

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at...

Cartoon: 20 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Let's bring unnecessary loss of lives to an end
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, President...

On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims,...

ARMS managers say there’s no eco-reduction of 25%

ARMS senior manager Nikita Zammit Alamango explained that the 25%...

ARMS senior manager Nikita Zammit...

Boat driver not at fault in diving accident
Malcolm Mifsud

The facts at play were common and as such the Magistrate’s conclusions...

The facts at play were common and as such the...

The anti-liberal backlash
Josanne Cassar

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents such a problem. But it seems that if you simply live your own life without trying to impose your...

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents...

Anger must be channelled, not ignored

Moderate political parties must rediscover their own raison d’etre: if they continue to ignore popular angst in favour of a corrupt establishment, we can...

Moderate political parties must rediscover their own raison...

Not just an economic conundrum
Angele Deguara

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the minimum wage are reminiscent of others that tend to be presented every time that any progressive...

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the...

We’re all ‘anti-establishment’ now...
Raphael Vassallo

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil - trying to exploit...

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil...

Cartoon: 16 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The curious case of the footballer in Gozo
Anthony Buttigieg

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check. The increasing...

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check....

Supporting students to succeed
Evarist Bartolo

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as many ways as possible to help our students achieve to the best of their ability

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as...

Justice is not a game

The law cannot be seen to serve some defendants better than others, otherwise, we shall be left to conclude that justice is a game

The law cannot be seen to serve some defendants better than...

A coalition of cranes, planes and fossil fuels
Ralph Cassar

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on properties in Gozo –...

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on...

Malta’s political orphans
Michael Falzon

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s natural electorate, both parties are ending up abandoning the sectors that harbour their own traditional...

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s...

Paceville: Letter to Environment Committee MPs

Only Parliament has the power to ensure that any development projects are...

Only Parliament has the power to ensure that any...

Cardinal sin
Saviour Balzan

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like everybody else’s, are heard by the same magistrate - and this state of affairs is completely...

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like...

Deciphering Malta’s interest  in the US elections
Josanne Cassar

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald Trump is...

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald...