We cannot always be happy
Josanne Cassar
Can adults and their kids rediscover the pleasure of being 'just fine' in life and learn that losing is also OK?
No, you May not…
Raphael Vassallo
Foreigners be warned. The only thing we want to hear about your stay is the chink of euro coins landing in a cash register. As for your opinions about this country and what we get...
The taxman’s notice counts, even if you’re not home to get it

The Magistrate’s Court decided on 8 July 2013 that a Notice of Liquation sent...

The Magistrate’s Court decided on 8 July 2013 that a...

Blame it on eumelanin
Saviour Balzan

Muscat is pig-headed on migration: shocking, considering he fancies himself to be progressive and an icon for the liberal Maltese

Muscat is pig-headed on migration: shocking, considering he...

Phoney Christians applauding a phoney liberal
Michael Falzon

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to fan the flames of...

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to...

Phoney Christians applauding a phoney liberal
Michael Falzon

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to fan the flames of...

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to...

Saying no to racism
Evarist Bartolo

The international community must provide debt relief and a fairer trade regime so that people “needn’t jump into the Mediterranean to get better job...

The international community must provide debt relief and a...

A Pandora’s box
Claudine Cassar

We were lucky when it came to the lottery of life. We were born in a country which may not be perfect, but where our rights are respected and we do not live in...

We were lucky when it came to the lottery of life. We were...

Europe cannot deplore a pushback policy it has employed itself
Raphael Vassallo

The European Commission finds nothing wrong with Libya taking back illegal...

The European Commission finds nothing wrong with Libya...

Migration: Fuelling the flames

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has clearly divided Labour’s previously impregnable support base.

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has...

Cartoon 14 July 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Pawns in a game of brinkmanship
James Debono

Muscat is right that Europe can do more to help Malta, but using migrants as pawns in a brinkmanship game where their human rights are disposable, is not the...

Muscat is right that Europe can do more to help Malta, but...

‘Stop criticising Libya’
Raphael Vassallo

The countries which assisted in Gaddafi’s overthrow must be made to see that they have a moral obligation to the people they ‘liberated’: to ensure...

The countries which assisted in Gaddafi’s overthrow must...

Governments are not above the law

Muscat's cavalier disregard for human rights is not the sort of thing one associates with the sort of country many of us would like to see Malta evolving into;...

Muscat's cavalier disregard for human rights is not the...

Even after selling car, licensee is responsible for payment of licences

Vehicle licensee is ultimately responsible for payment of past licences, even if car was sold to another person.

Vehicle licensee is ultimately responsible for payment of...

Great week, if you ask me
Saviour Balzan

Took a six-day break after a 30-minute presentation in Brussels and then back to Malta for more of the same and the feeling that I needed another instant...

Took a six-day break after a 30-minute presentation in...

Beyond ethics and the law, there is humanity Dr Muscat
Saviour Balzan

Joseph Muscat’s illegal acts on asylum seekers and migrants are simply...

Joseph Muscat’s illegal acts on asylum seekers and...

Learn to know and to do…
Evarist Bartolo

We must equip our children and young people with the necessary life skills and problem-solving ability to succeed in the real world.

We must equip our children and young people with the...

Surprise! Malta IS the EU... and has been for 10 years
Raphael Vassallo

In all the ruckus about Lou Bondi and his recent appointment to a board of...

In all the ruckus about Lou Bondi and his recent...

The source of the matter

The European Convention on Human Rights has been entrenched in Malta’s constitution since 1987, yet in 2013, Malta still lacks some very basic and...

The European Convention on Human Rights has been entrenched...