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, it is very much...
Court blames prosecution for desertion of case
Chris Mangion
The Constitutional Court yesterday revoked the reappointment of a case and declared it deserted, after the prosecution failed to act diligently in the conduct of the...
Salvaging third party politics
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan argues that Alternattiva Demokratika needs to be salvaged and a new leader found

Saviour Balzan argues that Alternattiva Demokratika needs...

Marketing Up
Conrad Bugeja

Creating a marketing plan is crucial for the success for your business. Marketing is not just the selling and advertising part but a business-wide process of...

Creating a marketing plan is crucial for the success for...

Lap-dancing clubs should be licensed

Strip clubs are a reality in Malta; what is lacking, however, is a proper licensing regime which acknowledges this selfsame reality on paper.

Strip clubs are a reality in Malta; what is lacking,...

Oh look, we’re back at square zero…
Raphael Vassallo

It was only a few months ago that the same Labour Party had objected quite vociferously to the original idea of setting up an ‘Embryo Protection Committee’...

It was only a few months ago that the same Labour Party had...

A national literacy strategy for all
Evarist Bartolo

In Europe the phenomenon of children going through the statutory years of school without obtaining the basic skills which allow them to move ahead is growing.

In Europe the phenomenon of children going through the...

What’s in a name? The Oktoberfest claim

LBM Breweries failed to prove that the use of the name ‘Oktoberfest’,...

LBM Breweries failed to prove that the use of the name...

This surreal world
Saviour Balzan

The courtroom hearing defamation suits last week had 25% of Malta's MPs, some of the best lawyers, a handful of newspaper editors, and other political movers...

The courtroom hearing defamation suits last week had 25% of...

George’s your uncle!
Claudine Cassar

The President's actions have cast a shadow over the excellent work that the MCCF has done over the years, and people will think twice about donating

The President's actions have cast a shadow over the...

Simon’s tightrope act
Michael Falzon

The relationship that Muscat says he wants to have with the opposition breaks from tradition, but what seems to be a very generous attitude can, in effect, be...

The relationship that Muscat says he wants to have with the...

Same-sex marriage deniers: an invitation to resistance
Michael Briguglio

I hope the discursive power of the 'same-sex marriage deniers' gets the...

I hope the discursive power of the 'same-sex marriage...

Limitations to the acquisition of property by prescription

If one holds property on behalf of someone else, then one cannot acquire it by...

If one holds property on behalf of someone else, then one...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the nominations for the PN deputy leadership election and on the libel filed by Lou Bondi.

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the...

Marching against GMOs
Michael Briguglio

Why should we oppose Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?

Why should we oppose Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?

Why are so many Maltese lawyers so… useless?
Raphael Vassallo

Lawyers with ‘higher things’ on their minds are highly unlikely to want to...

Lawyers with ‘higher things’ on their minds are highly...

‘A little bit of mischief’
Claudine Cassar

The attitude that women bring rape on themselves by wearing short skirts is grossly insulting to men, implying that a man is simply led by his penis and has no...

The attitude that women bring rape on themselves by wearing...

Why we need Jobs+
Evarist Bartolo

The idea behind Jobs+ is to create a holistic and long-term active labour market policy (ALMP) which addresses the needs of the labour market. Needless to say,...

The idea behind Jobs+ is to create a holistic and long-term...

Putting the ‘public’ back into public broadcasting

There can be no further excuses to procrastinate the reform of our public...

There can be no further excuses to procrastinate the reform...

In energy, sovereignty is an issue
James Debono

Strong interest in the government’s energy proposal shows Labour’s proposal was no pie in the sky, but any benefits must be offset by the inevitable loss...

Strong interest in the government’s energy proposal shows...