Buyer will have to sign purchase contract even if he withdraws an application for a bank loan
Malcolm Mifsud
The facts show that the promise of sale was to expire on 7 May, 2012 and that the bank loan had to be approved by 15 December, 2011, on the promise of sale a 10% deposit was paid...
When charity becomes a vice
We have all accepted a situation whereby the State mismanages its finances – through a combination of inefficient tax collection and questionable spending – and then...
An Economy Minister walks into a bar…
Raphael Vassallo

As the Stable Pub owner found out to his cost this week, ‘parliamentary privilege’ means that all 73 of our MPs can simply libel anyone at any time...

As the Stable Pub owner found out to his cost this week,...

Cartoon: 26 July 2015

From one minister to the other, evolution of progress in environmental stewardship seems to be getting worse

From one minister to the other, evolution of progress in...

Beppe’s folly, Cardona’s madness
Saviour Balzan

Beppe Fenech Adami standing in as the virginal deputy leader has every right to quote whoever he likes. And I have every right to measure Beppe’s...

Beppe Fenech Adami standing in as the virginal deputy...

Letters: 26 July 2015
We can’t accept the gall of those who treat women like an object
Josanne Cassar

We need to drum it into girls’ heads that no one has the right to touch...

We need to drum it into girls’ heads that no one has...

No need to extend bid bond if it is not requested
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Public Contracts Review Board of...

The Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Public...

In court, it pays to be Maltese
Raphael Vassallo

It helps so much that Maltese people facing the same (or even far more serious) charges as foreigners tend to be given sentences anywhere up to four times less...

It helps so much that Maltese people facing the same (or...

Party financing: a lost opportunity

Past efforts to introduce such a law have always been hamstrung by the failure of the two main political parties to ever agree on the finer details.

Past efforts to introduce such a law have always been...

Cartoon: 22 July 2015

Party financing: will they bare all?

Party financing: will they bare all?

Helping young people achieve their goals in life and education
Evarist Bartolo

Using a flexible approach – one that applies beyond the classroom...

Using a flexible approach – one that applies beyond...

Demerger de facto complete
Ryan Callus

The government’s attitude sends out the message that the government is simply not interested in what the public thinks – definitely not a...

The government’s attitude sends out the message that...

Blame it on Game of Thrones
Raphael Vassallo

The European Bank crippled Greece by curtailing its banking system, starving out the country’s finances so that its public officials – including...

The European Bank crippled Greece by curtailing its banking...

Whose job is it to ‘watch MEPA like a hawk’?

The government’s ‘strategic plan for the environment’ had...

The government’s ‘strategic plan for the...

Cold ‘xawer’ for the language

Reactions to Prof. Henry Frendo's letter to MaltaToday from Prof. Albert Borg, chairman of the Institute of Linguistics at the University of Malta, Joseph...

Reactions to Prof. Henry Frendo's letter to MaltaToday...

How relevant is it?
Saviour Balzan

There is at present in Malta an attempt to give the impression that CHOGM has some very important reference to our lives

There is at present in Malta an attempt to give the...

Letters: 19 July 2015
Defining all those -isms
Josanne Cassar

In some cases, a knee-jerk racism against certain people is so deeply entrenched and so widespread, that many people are completely oblivious to the fact their...

In some cases, a knee-jerk racism against certain people is...

Cartoon: 19 July 2015

On Leo Brincat's call to the people to watch Mepa like a hawk

On Leo Brincat's call to the people to watch Mepa like...