Fis-sema, fl-art u kullimkien
Immanuel Mifsud
Għad irrid nara televixin statali serju ta’ stat serju li waqt programm imxandar fuqu live fi prime time il-preżentatur jibda jgħajjat mal-udjenza donnu għalliem fi...
Cartoon 19 March 2014
The Xarabank debate... it was simply boring
They draw the laws up, yes, but… who applies them?
Raphael Vassallo

The blame for the injustice arising out of the judiciary’s obstinate refusal...

The blame for the injustice arising out of the...

Let us celebrate Don Lorenzo Milani
Evarist Bartolo

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali (Pastoral Experiences), and although it did not breach any point of doctrine, it was considered too...

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali...

The budget that cried wolf

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral ‘auction sale’, the same criticism will have to be levelled at today’s government for failing to...

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral...

Between fat cats and migrants
James Debono

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about illegal migrants or foreign workers are silent on facilitating a permanent residency scheme aimed at...

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about...

The death of fiscal populism
Michael Briguglio

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure, we can wave goodbye to the supermarket policies of Malta's 2 major political parties.

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure,...

Just loved being on TVAM
Saviour Balzan

Facing Pierre Portelli was an occasion to explain why the Dalli affair was purposely mishandled by the Maltese media and politicians.

Facing Pierre Portelli was an occasion to explain why the...

Red light yes, green light no

Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to close a very evident legal loophole, which among other things has resulted in the waste of considerable...

Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to...

Shame on all of them
Saviour Balzan

This week I received a press release that former magistrate Dennis Montebello was appointed chairman of the culture advisory committee. A committee that works...

This week I received a press release that former magistrate...

Meeting Pasi Sahlberg
Evarist Bartolo

On Thursday 17 May while in Brussels, I met Finland’s Pasi Sahlberg who is one of the world’s leading experts on educational reform and the author of the...

On Thursday 17 May while in Brussels, I met Finland’s...

Who are you calling immature?
Claudine Cassar

The Today Public Policy institute this week announced that gay marriage is “one step too far for Malta at this time”.

The Today Public Policy institute this week announced that...

Extra virgin? Erm… not quite
Raphael Vassallo

I would like to open this unusual article with an unusual quote from an unusual source (so unusual, in fact, that I can’t even pronounce the name properly).

I would like to open this unusual article with an unusual...

Defending the mess made by others

If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous administration’s failure to pursue their matter in court, how can he justify his own government’s failure to...

If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous...

Turning music into real estate
Michael Briguglio

Basically, for Labour, music development meant finding a garage to rehearse in.

Basically, for Labour, music development meant finding a...

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...