The battle was lost, but not the war

The Maltese electorate has now endorsed the view that Malta should derogate from the European Wild Birds Directive. For the foreseeable future, spring hunting is here to stay.

Hand in hand with Don Bosco

Evarist Bartolo

A foundational belief that lies at the core of the school’s educational approach is that students learn best in different ways, especially if stimulated and engaged through...

Ryan Callus

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil, he also promised to do so as of day one of his leadership. In all counts he has failed

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil,...

Climate risk – Why should financial institutions really bother?

Leo Brincat

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership is evidently building...

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership...

Raphael Vassallo

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of the Spanish Inquisition: nobody expects a revolution on the scale of the Arab Spring, until it...

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of...

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself confirmation that the electorate had rejected that government over those issues. But this doesn’t...

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself...

Saviour Balzan

Fast forward to 2014 and the PN is tasting some of its own medicine. History not only repeats itself, it replicates itself

Fast forward to 2014 and the PN is tasting some of its own...

Josanne Cassar

It is no wonder that the party’s leadership looks and sounds as if it is being pulled in two opposite directions at once – because it is.

It is no wonder that the party’s leadership looks and...

Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court awarded damages to the owners of rural land and a farmhouse following the eviction of the occupiers of the land.

The First Hall of the Civil Court awarded damages to the...

Little transparency about our energy roadshow

Michael Briguglio

Labour’s policies – often characterized by conflicting promises -...

Labour’s policies – often characterized by...

Raphael Vassallo

The same Muscat who now gives Armier boathouse owners a 30-day deadline to regularise their position has simply ignored the fact that his own party has...

The same Muscat who now gives Armier boathouse owners a...

We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes for the completion of the gas-fired station.

We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes...

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Josanne Cassar

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Evarist Bartolo

Malta cannot sit and watch the world go by. The government is actively following up all leads and we know that there are various sectors that could be...

Malta cannot sit and watch the world go by. The government...

Simon Busuttil needs to be bolder and more forceful

Frank Psaila

Muscat is fast earning the reputation that he over-promises and under-delivers...

Muscat is fast earning the reputation that he over-promises...

Not so smart a decision on Armier shacks

Michael Falzon

When I tried to do something about the sore, I was left to burn my fingers alone. Perhaps I was naïve, but the truth is that I was slowly learning that...

When I tried to do something about the sore, I was left to...

It is as though the present administration wants to reassure its European counterparts that it intends to take its wildlife commitments seriously, while at the...

It is as though the present administration wants to...

Heard the one about the parliamentary secretary for animal rights?

Raphael Vassallo

The European Wild Birds Directive does not permit trapping of wild finches at...

The European Wild Birds Directive does not permit trapping...