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In this week’s Il-Punt, Saviour Balzan argues that defending freedom of expression also means allowing journalists to do their job, without coming under fire when the...

Consequences of garnishee orders

I believe that everything in life has its limitations, but once an individual decides to abuse these limitations or doesn’t know where or what its limits are, then the...

Social budget that addresses pensioner and low-income earners

The 2017 Budget rides on a booming economy shouldered by growing tourism...

The 2017 Budget rides on a booming economy shouldered by...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The troubles engulfing former Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi stem from his handling of private financial interests while wearing a political hat

The troubles engulfing former Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi...

With a flip, and a flop, and a flippety-flop...

Raphael Vassallo

Nobody can take the media seriously as a custodian of the public interest, if...

Nobody can take the media seriously as a custodian of the...

Michael Falzon

Enemed takes advantage of its dominant position, especially with the fact that it is practically impossible for most other would-be competitors to have fuel...

Enemed takes advantage of its dominant position, especially...

Saviour Balzan

It has always been the practice with politicians to shoot the messenger and forget about the message. And perhaps it has always been difficult for me and other...

It has always been the practice with politicians to shoot...

Strong men don’t have to put women down to feel powerful

Josanne Cassar

Women do not expect to walk into a pharmacy and have a mean-spirited man look...

Women do not expect to walk into a pharmacy and have a...

Educational investment, key for our economy

Evarist Bartolo

Providing the right tools for a better education is important because it...

Providing the right tools for a better education is...

Malcolm Mifsud

A full and final settlement declaration does not mean that one cannot claim the balance of a claim due

A full and final settlement declaration does not mean that...

Josanne Cassar

We can just about hold it together to discuss the 1960s, but the closer we verge towards the 70s and the Mintoff years, the more people lose their heads

We can just about hold it together to discuss the 1960s,...

Raphael Vassallo

The moment party politics touches any issue, no matter how remotely, another form of logic immediately takes the upper hand

The moment party politics touches any issue, no matter how...

It is a common tactic to respond to politically turbulent press stories by simply attacking or undermining the medium that printed them

It is a common tactic to respond to politically...

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Michael Falzon

What was once considered as a good anti-Imperialist policy no longer holds water in this day and age

What was once considered as a good anti-Imperialist policy...

Mosques shouldn’t become an ideological battleground

Frank Psaila

Respect for secular values is not an excuse to deny the local Muslim...

Respect for secular values is not an excuse to deny...

The compromise on the morning after pill may be convenient for a political class that doesn’t seem interested in the plight of the people affected...

The compromise on the morning after pill may be...

You think today’s traffic is bad? Just you wait...

Raphael Vassallo

All governments have embarked on a foolish, uncontrolled and unplanned...

All governments have embarked on a foolish, uncontrolled...

Saviour Balzan

Journalists might not be the ones to change the world, but our job is to publish the truth

Journalists might not be the ones to change the world, but...

Josanne Cassar

If we are going to allow doctors to be the morality police over women’s sexuality then we are no better than any other country which tries to control its...

If we are going to allow doctors to be the morality police...