Concrete evidence of unaccountability
As is only to be expected, the results have already been spun into political arguments by either side.
It’s a kind of magic…
Raphael Vassallo
Not content with performing vanishing tricks on such things as ‘accountability’, ‘political responsibility’ and so on… the authorities decided to...
Enabling inclusion through employment
Evarist Bartolo

It is by this Government’s design, rather than by mere fate, that we decided to encourage companies to create greater employment opportunities for...

It is by this Government’s design, rather than by...

A united front, this Christmas
Ryan Callus

Over the years, we have become more conscious of the pain that people go through. This is also partially thanks to L-Istrina. The event has truly become a...

Over the years, we have become more conscious of the pain...

Letters: 22 December 2014
President of a changing republic

The President's office still retains an aura of quasi-sanctity, in a political climate where personal attacks and mudslinging are otherwise considered the...

The President's office still retains an aura of...

Harry Potter and the ‘ultimate judgment’
Raphael Vassallo

I won’t resuscitate all the reasons the Nationalist Party lost that...

I won’t resuscitate all the reasons the Nationalist...

My name is Ifeanyi and I am dead
Saviour Balzan

Do you know the difference between involuntary and voluntary? I don’t. All I know is that I am dead. It is over for me. 

Do you know the difference between involuntary and...

What?! That’s terrible..Ok, next!
Josanne Cassar

'Never reply to a lie, because you will only keep the story going. Ignore it, news has a 24 hour life cycle and it will go away'. So says Eli Gold,...

'Never reply to a lie, because you will only keep the...

Cartoon: 22 December 2014

Santa Claus might get more than he expects after hitting this ministerial car...

Santa Claus might get more than he expects after hitting...

Court allows divorce irrespective of claims of non-payment of maintenance
Malcolm Mifsud

The Family Court upheld a request for divorce, although the former wife claimed that her former husband did not pay her maintenance in full. 

The Family Court upheld a request for divorce, although the...

Keep calm and be strong
Raphael Vassallo

People who wield real power don’t exactly need to inform others of this fact. The effects of their power will be felt, regardless of whether they...

People who wield real power don’t exactly need to...

Too little, too late

Bearing in mind that this review had been sparked by at least one death as a result of shortcomings in Malta’s detention policy, it is little short of...

Bearing in mind that this review had been sparked by at...

Concerted effort needed
Evarist Bartolo

The real problem is that too many young people are pushed down an educational route that is not right for them, primarily because there was no other option

The real problem is that too many young people are pushed...

The cost of corruption
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Money and influence should not decide access to education, work and services. Instead, the playing field should be made level for all

Money and influence should not decide access to education,...

Left, right and centre in Malta’s 40-year-old Republic
John Baldacchino

People should take a closer look at how the party model adopted and sustained...

People should take a closer look at how the party model...

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...