Cartoon Sunday 6th September 2015
The responsibility of 'Fortress Europe' in denying refugees legal ways of accessing protection has resulted in the unnecessary death of thousands upon thousands of...
Europe divided over refugee crisis
The reality we now witness forces us all to reassess this perception, and conclude that Europe has so far failed its ‘biggest test since WWII’.
Caruana Curran’s legacy
Henry Frendo

Caruana Curran’s most didactic and lasting legacy to posterity will be that of a courageous, inspired and impartial judge, often in the face of hostility...

Caruana Curran’s most didactic and lasting legacy to...

Is Muscat’s major investment in the health sector sustainable?
Frank Psaila

Investment in the health sector is an initiative which deserves praise and...

Investment in the health sector is an initiative which...

Loving the more difficult students
Evarist Bartolo

Pope Francis referred to teaching as a beautiful profession, one that is not restricted to the time spent in the classroom

Pope Francis referred to teaching as a beautiful...

A farewell to meritocracy

Engerer’s European credentials are not under discussion here but rather the inescapable whiff of political nepotism that raises eyebrows

Engerer’s European credentials are not under...

Referendum: Trust no one but yourself
James Debono

If the Yes camp wins, decisions on spring hunting will be taken by the  politicians who appeased the hunting lobby for decades. If the No camp wins the...

If the Yes camp wins, decisions on spring hunting will be...

The Opposition which cried wolf (again)
Raphael Vassallo

Personally, I shudder to think what would happen if the law courts started behaving like Busuttil today (or Sant in 1994). There would literally be no point in...

Personally, I shudder to think what would happen if the law...

Letters: 22 March 2015
What happens if they pay a price?
Saviour Balzan

My question and that of many others is very simple: Can we ignore the fact that a criminal court found Cyrus Engerer guilty?

My question and that of many others is very...

The visual and verbal cues of a debate
Josanne Cassar

Clearly, Joseph Muscat had too little respect of his adversary to defuse the growing perception that he has already become too arrogant, but Simon...

Clearly, Joseph Muscat had too little respect of his...

Cartoon: 22 March 2015

Hunters prop up their campaign to retain spring hunting by donating blood.

Hunters prop up their campaign to retain spring hunting by...

Court declares it has no jurisdiction to decide on rent due
Malcolm Mifsud

Magistrate Francesco Depasquale held that the court was not competent at law to...

Magistrate Francesco Depasquale held that the court was not...

‘Next year’ never comes
Raphael Vassallo

Nothing breeds confidence in future success quite like a string of successive, identical failures in the past, now does it? For let’s face it: this is...

Nothing breeds confidence in future success quite like a...

Ministerial discretion is the issue

The National Audit Office report observed that a direct order on six months’ hedging on unleaded gas and diesel was “detracting from the...

The National Audit Office report observed that a direct...

Cartoon: 18 March 2015
The wider perspective of the European environment
Leo Brincat

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon economy, but for...

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon...

Two years of meritocracy, transparency and accountability… yeah, right!
Ryan Callus

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government would be transparent, but the Prime Minister went as far to state that his government is the most...

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government...

From NEETs to YEETs
Evarist Bartolo

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future. There are several risk factors that have to be identified and there are many individual consequences...

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future....

Whistleblowers still unprotected

Already the scope of application of this law is limited (and would de facto exclude the oil scandal, or any comparable scenario).

Already the scope of application of this law is limited...