Zonqor: a test for Muscat and civil society
Jurgen Balzan
The Zonqor development remains a stern test for Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his government, but even more so for civil society
Cartoon: 19 August 2015
OK, Mario go ahead… waste our money
Ryan Callus

What is scandalous about the Café Premier is the fact that the government could have reacquired the site without spending one cent of taxpayer money

What is scandalous about the Café Premier is the...

Why the Smart Card had to go
Evarist Bartolo

The utilisation of the card was tied to a condition that it was to be strictly used for educational purposes. The intention of this condition may be considered...

The utilisation of the card was tied to a condition that it...

Government is not a business

Had the government allowed matters to proceed in court it would have rightfully taken back a property valued at €500 per square metre.

Had the government allowed matters to proceed in court it...

Letters: 1 March 2015
And it was war…
Saviour Balzan

I have little sympathy for ventriloquists and plagiarists. And that is exactly what the hunters are doing with their campaign. 

I have little sympathy for ventriloquists and plagiarists....

Mardi Gras 1978: the straw that broke the camel’s back
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti was part of Sydney’s first gay Mardi Gras in 1978...

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti was part of Sydney’s first gay...

Shaking off the big tax evasion outrage
Josanne Cassar

Who cares if those who were there to supposedly represent us have become fat cats at our expense? We are much more engrossed in endlessly debating...

Who cares if those who were there to supposedly represent...

Cartoon: 1 March 2015
Tribunal rules it is competent to decide on claims deriving from leases
Malcolm Mifsud

A Small Claims Tribunal presided by Dr Censu Galea, in Anthony and Mary Dolores Montebello -v- Falk Lindner and Jaynell Lindner, held on 17 February that...

A Small Claims Tribunal presided by Dr Censu Galea, in...

What's your problem?
Kevin-James Fenech

I think it was Einstein who said that if he only had one hour to save the world he would spend a staggering 55 minutes defining the problem and only five...

I think it was Einstein who said that if he only had one...

In praise of the principle

Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that the accounts in question were located in Switzerland, we can only say that it is a singular act...

Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that...

‘Michael and Ninu are not Austin’
James Debono

Joseph Muscat cannot resist the temptation to appeal to those who fall out with either Gonzi or Busuttil irrespective of the issue at stake.

Joseph Muscat cannot resist the temptation to appeal to...

Cartoon: 25 February 2015
Making Malta a learning nation
Evarist Bartolo

The Directorate for Lifelong Learning is also collaborating with the Education Department to make Lifelong Learning courses easily accessible to all school...

The Directorate for Lifelong Learning is also collaborating...

Leaders must not bicker on Libyan conundrum
Frank Psaila

Make no mistake, Libya needs a political solution not miliatry intervention....

Make no mistake, Libya needs a political solution not...

Taxation and morality

There is no doubt that the political class has to be transparent and assure their constituencies that they adhered with Malta’s tax laws.

There is no doubt that the political class has to be...

Letters: 22 February 2015
Space: the final frontier
Raphael Vassallo

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I waded into the City Gate kerfuffle with a contrarious opinion in recent weeks... that there is clearly...

Little did I realise the significance of all this when I...