Football is the game, FIFA is the shame
Angelo Chetcuti
The buck must stop with Blatter. Whether his replacement is the antidote for the game is another matter
Lack of signature of one spouse does not annul an agreement
Malcolm Mifsud
The First Hall of the Civil Courts held that although a wife did not sign a sublease agreement, this does not annul it, and the effects are limited to the husband, who did sign...
A watershed moment
Michael Falzon

This is not to say that Muscat never made mistakes before, but that in this case he failed when he was tested on how he reacts to circumstances that were not...

This is not to say that Muscat never made mistakes before,...

The worst of the worst

An inquiry into the death of Mamadou Kamara lifted the lid on many of the systemic problems within Malta’s detention regime at the time

An inquiry into the death of Mamadou Kamara lifted the...

Shoot at a car? Uproar – Rape and murder? No comment
Raphael Vassallo

In a country which howled in indignation when the police took a week to arrest...

In a country which howled in indignation when the police...

We’ve got a leak
Josanne Cassar

If you are going to leak something so important, it has to be unaltered and unedited so that the public can make up its own mind. You do not get to pick and...

If you are going to leak something so important, it has to...

Yet another police f*** up
Saviour Balzan

Sorry to sabotage the Christmas spirit but I have to say that today’s front-page story returns to haunt our readers because the police have returned to...

Sorry to sabotage the Christmas spirit but I have to say...

Letters: 14 December 2014
Cartoon: 14 December 2014
Sheehan, Kamara and the threshold of disgust
James Debono

The content of an inquiry report on the death of Mamadou Kamara should create...

The content of an inquiry report on the death of Mamadou...

Court orders payment for unjustified enrichment
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal on 1 December, 2014 in Albert Mallia -v- Albert Camilleri...

The Court of Appeal on 1 December, 2014 in Albert Mallia...

May the Force be reformed…
Raphael Vassallo

The outcome of the inquiry into the Sheehan shooting case was just another of those easily predictable things

The outcome of the inquiry into the Sheehan shooting case...

When the gunsmoke fades

Incoming Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela should pay close attention to the glaring administrative shortcomings this report has exposed within the...

Incoming Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela should...

Cartoon: 10 December 2014

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has dismissed Manuel Mallia after the former home affairs minister refused to step down.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has dismissed Manuel Mallia...

Lima will determine Paris climate outcome
Leo Brincat

The fact that the EU leaders have endorsed the Commission’s proposal to...

The fact that the EU leaders have endorsed the...

A concept that has become a reality
Evarist Bartolo

The NSS project started back in 2012 with an intake of around 40 first year students in a couple of borrowed classrooms at St Benedict’s College in Kirkop

The NSS project started back in 2012 with an intake of...

Energy plan still clouded by uncertainty

The public needs greater reassurance that this reduction is, in fact, doable in the present economic climate

The public needs greater reassurance that this reduction...

Who’s next?
Frank Psaila

Things got out of hand, and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has only himself to blame. The question is: Who’s next?

Things got out of hand, and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat...

A government with no ears
Ryan Callus

By this way of doing things, the Government has made a mockery out of the public consultation process 

By this way of doing things, the Government has made a...

Letters: 7 December 2014