Education: Quality does matter
Evarist Bartolo
It is very important to safeguard the quality of further and higher education within the economic, social and cultural context.
Of champagne socialists, and their accolades
Ryan Callus
The Malta Labour Party is no longer a socialist party. Its members have become Champagne Socialists. If you’re in their inner circle, you stand to benefit, and benefit big...
Letters: 25 January 2015
A referendum’s gamble
John Baldacchino

The more I reflect on this, the less I am convinced that this referendum is simply about hunting rights or the protection of migrating birds. 

The more I reflect on this, the less I am convinced that...

Cartoon: 25 January 2015

New email revelations on George Farrugia now force a reconsideration of what information pardoned oil trader has been keeping secret

New email revelations on George Farrugia now force a...

A salutary lesson in people power
Josanne Cassar

If people cower in the face of authority, nothing will ever change, and those who take heartless bureaucratic decisions which affect people’s lives will...

If people cower in the face of authority, nothing will ever...

Court sticks to tenant’s and landlord’s initial intentions
Malcolm Mifsud

Mr Justice Lawrence Mintoff in the First Hall of the Civil Courts, decided on...

Mr Justice Lawrence Mintoff in the First Hall of the Civil...

Joseph’s transparency problem
James Debono

Government has presented a vague 15-page agreement with Shanghai Electric Power, which leaves the country in the dark about sovereignty issues,

Government has presented a vague 15-page agreement with...

'Begging your pardon'

As many had long suspected, the fuel procurement scandal revealed the existence of a deep-rooted culture of ‘give and take’ that pervaded parts of...

As many had long suspected, the fuel procurement scandal...

Chronicle of a disaster foretold
Raphael Vassallo

You could almost say that both Muscat and Busuttil are unhappy about this situation for another reason: they are unenthused by the prospect of a decision being...

You could almost say that both Muscat and Busuttil are...

Cartoon: 21 January 2015
New relationships planned between companies and schools
Evarist Bartolo

The Ministry for Education and Employment, together with the social partners,...

The Ministry for Education and Employment, together with...

Hunger in the year of sustainable development
Leo Brincat

There is no doubt that apart from making a mockery of the whole notion of...

There is no doubt that apart from making a mockery of the...

The face of change
Ryan Callus

Having spent almost two years at the helm of the party, Simon Busuttil is slowly, but persistently, succeeding in re-establishing the Nationalist Party to...

Having spent almost two years at the helm of the party,...

In need of a game changer

The change in leadership of June 2013 has clearly not worked to reverse the political tide for the party in opposition. Unless this changes, the prospects of a...

The change in leadership of June 2013 has clearly not...

Hunting has flown beyond the parties’ reach
Raphael Vassallo

Just about everything that happened in connection with hunting in the last 20...

Just about everything that happened in connection with...

Letters: 18 January 2015
Muscat, the comeback kid
Josanne Cassar

Trying to decipher just why this particular PM manages to survive one political crisis after another, my conclusion is simple: it’s because the economy...

Trying to decipher just why this particular PM manages to...

Cartoon: 18 January 2015

Turtle doves get ready for their migration northwards for breeding, but a referendum in Malta on the future of spring hunting is speeding up their plans

Turtle doves get ready for their migration northwards for...


The people’s referendum

Frank Psaila


April’s referendum is a litmus test for environmental groups and civil society. They cannot afford to fail.


April’s referendum is a litmus test for...