Time to move beyond political feudalism
This was the second high-level political resignation in the past year, after former Home Affairs minister Manuel Mallia was made to step down following an apparent attempt to...
The Wonderful Wizard of ODZ
Raphael Vassallo
With the simple flick of a magic wand, all that was considered awful and reprehensible when it took place under a Nationalist administration, miraculously becomes perfectly...
Cartoon: 30 November 2014
Resignation culture still missing

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot claim to be entirely innocent, even if entirely exonerated by the inquiry, of any direct...

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot...

'What goes around comes around'
Saviour Balzan

This new wave of strident calls for political responsibility brings to mind many such cases we would have had in the past. 

This new wave of strident calls for political...

Letters: 30 November 2014
Let’s hope Black Friday doesn’t catch on here
Josanne Cassar

Just think if all the shops and stores adopted the custom of Black Friday...

Just think if all the shops and stores adopted the custom...

Administrative Tribunal disagrees with board’s interpretation of documentary evidence
Malcolm Mifsud

The Administrative Review Tribunal held on November 17, 2014 that the Transfer of Residence Exemption Board misinterpreted clear documentary evidence that an...

The Administrative Review Tribunal held on November 17,...

Shoot first, ask questions later
Raphael Vassallo

A week later, the precise sequence of events leading to that shootout remains unclear. 

A week later, the precise sequence of events leading to...

A budget overshadowed

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however distant, of Eddie Fenech Adami’s 1986 declaration that the budget was “irrelevant” in...

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however...

Result of a well thought-out strategy
Evarist Bartolo

Those unemployed who have been receiving social benefits improperly, will be required to regularise their position by next February. 

Those unemployed who have been receiving social benefits...

Malta’s sad WEEE saga: Proof of political impotence
Leo Brincat

Electronic and electrical waste is one particular area where we have been off...

Electronic and electrical waste is one particular area...

Tools for low-skilled youths
Evarist Bartolo

The initiatives we have launched focus on a specific area of need, such as early school leavers, illiteracy, languages and absenteeism among many others

The initiatives we have launched focus on a specific area...

Cartoon: 26 November 2014
Muscat can yet ‘buy’ MPs to the electorate’s gain
Matthew Vella

To turn Taghna Lkoll into a process of democratic politics, Muscat must revoke...

To turn Taghna Lkoll into a process of democratic politics,...

The uncultured bourgeoisie of the Maltese islands
Mark Camilleri

Concepts such as social responsibility and research and development are totally...

Concepts such as social responsibility and research and...

Shots in the dark
Raphael Vassallo

What I do know is that this attempt to minimise the incident – based on the underlying assumption that the ‘official version’ would be...

What I do know is that this attempt to minimise the...

A budget-busted week
Ryan Callus

What a week this has been for the Prime Minister! In truth, he can only blame himself for taking the wrong side

What a week this has been for the Prime Minister! In truth,...

Letters: 23 November 2014
Quite frankly, it stinks
Frank Psaila

This is no ordinary crisis and quite frankly, it stinks. We should be looking at three resignations not one. And that would only be the tip of the iceberg.

This is no ordinary crisis and quite frankly, it stinks. We...