And a Happy Banality to you, too…
Raphael Vassallo
Traditionally, ‘independence’ has always been viewed as a good thing, yet this week we saw the same concept reviled, spat upon and humiliated, held up as an object of...
What makes us a nation?
Even today, 50 years later, the fundamental question of what makes us a nation is not easy to answer.
Signs of waning interest
Josanne Cassar

Reactions to the Muscat-Busuttil Xarabank debate suggest that local politicians should fear one thing above all: indifference.

Reactions to the Muscat-Busuttil Xarabank debate suggest...

Cartoon 16 March 2014

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Saving Syria and its children
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Aid organizations need more support but it is not too late to make a difference and be a part of the movement to help save a generation of Syria’s...

Aid organizations need more support but it is not too late...

Idleness is not an option
Evarist Bartolo

The government is being proactive in making inroads for unemployed individuals to break out of an unemployed life

The government is being proactive in making inroads for...

Undermining the Presidency

The appointment of President-designate Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, though arguably well-intentioned, may have unwittingly opened a can of worms.

The appointment of President-designate Marie Louise Coleiro...

Invasion of the closet skeletons
Raphael Vassallo

When you turn to the Opposition to enquire how it intends opposing the political lunacy of the government, all you see are the somnambulating skeletons of all...

When you turn to the Opposition to enquire how it intends...

Of accents, governments and oppositions
John Baldacchino

One year in, the weight of governance has somewhat frustrated Joseph Muscat’s ambition to sustain his inclusive 'movement'

One year in, the weight of governance has somewhat...

Stuff their mouths with gold
Saviour Balzan

Labour’s new brand of political appointees attract a lot of gossip. Some of that talk is unjustified and simply driven by envy. In other cases, however,...

Labour’s new brand of political appointees attract a...

Court blames prosecution for desertion of case
Chris Mangion

The Constitutional Court yesterday revoked the reappointment of a case and...

The Constitutional Court yesterday revoked the...

Detention is a cage that spurs frustration
Farah Abdi

As a person who has gone through the system myself, I can attest to the...

As a person who has gone through the system myself, I can...

Wrong medium, wrong message
Josanne Cassar

Every time Michelle Muscat says or does something, or even when she makes a fashion choice, she is up against a swathe of the population which is ready to...

Every time Michelle Muscat says or does something, or even...

The silent suffering of Mater Dei's overcrowding
Paul Pace

Will the personal ordeal suffered by most patients admitted to Mater Dei...

Will the personal ordeal suffered by most patients admitted...

One year later: the travails of democratic change
Michael Falzon

Labour must learn how to better resist the pressure for handouts that is...

Labour must learn how to better resist the pressure for...

One year later…

Much more work needs to be done if Joseph Muscat is to deliver on his most important electoral promise of all: the creation of an egalitarian society based on...

Much more work needs to be done if Joseph Muscat is to...

Cartoon 9 March 2014

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

What’s in a presidency?
Raphael Vassallo

Moving such players around the chessboard may radically alter the outcome of the political game.

Moving such players around the chessboard may radically...

A left-wing presidency for Malta?
Michael Briguglio

The ideological orientation of the social policy minister who will replace Coleiro Preca will be decisive as to the Labour government's direction on welfare

The ideological orientation of the social policy minister...

Court stated that the defendants had no legal right to occupy the property and ordered eviction

In the case Raymond Bugeja vs. Giannella Annati et, the First Hall Civil Court, presided over by Honourable Justice Mr Joseph Azzopardi, on the 29th January...

In the case Raymond Bugeja vs. Giannella Annati et, the...