Your job is not a copy-paste
That change brings a breath of fresh air is understood, but that merit plays no part in most of the choices is sad, to say the least.
Talkin’ about a constitution
Jurgen Balzan
A guide to the constitutional convention that will enact a reform intended to give birth to what Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has described as a ‘Second Republic’
‘No SEC please, we’re failures’
Evarist Bartolo

We need to make secondary schools more relevant and meaningful for our adolescents. We need to change what we teach, and how we teach it.

We need to make secondary schools more relevant and...

Getting Your Internet Marketing Strategy Right
Conrad Bugeja

There are different techniques, channels, and approaches that can be used to...

There are different techniques, channels, and approaches...

The end of the tether

Prime Minister Gonzi should really think twice before trying to keep up the futile pretence that all these issues are merely figments of our imagination.

Prime Minister Gonzi should really think twice before...

Why Muscat’s land reclamation idea is such a bad idea
James Debono

After his excursion in hyper-capitalist Dubai, Joseph Muscat has rediscovered...

After his excursion in hyper-capitalist Dubai, Joseph...

Public opinion and the environmental crimes Act
Carmen Sammut

We are in dire need of transparency and accountability in environmental health...

We are in dire need of transparency and accountability in...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the hearing of the motion censuring Malta's permanent representative to the EU Richard Cachia Caruana and...

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the hearing of...

Country of lost children
Raphael Vassallo

What sort of a sick, sick culture willfully traumatises and abuses its own children?

What sort of a sick, sick culture willfully traumatises and...

Après Franco la déluge
Michael Falzon

Franco Debono just pushed the limits beyond what we normally and reasonably expect.

Franco Debono just pushed the limits beyond what we...

The hidden hand behind the messenger
Saviour Balzan

If one needed proof that the 'bile blogger' is protected by the powers that be, one need only see the support she receives from those who support her...

If one needed proof that the 'bile blogger' is protected by...

Back to square one
Claudine Cassar

I feel sorry for Mifsud Bonnici. It seems to me that he has ended up as the sacrificial lamb slaughtered on the altar of Franco Debono’s megalomania.

I feel sorry for Mifsud Bonnici. It seems to me that he has...

Hate to burst your bubble, Andrew, but… you are most certainly NOT Spartacus
Raphael Vassallo

The man whose identity Andrew Borg Cardona so liberally borrowed was both in real life and in the Kubrik film the ‘chav from Hell’.

The man whose identity Andrew Borg Cardona so liberally...

Children living in deprivation
Evarist Bartolo

The extent of child poverty and child deprivation in Malta and Gozo has been revealed in the latest Unicef report entitled ‘Report Card 10’.

The extent of child poverty and child deprivation in Malta...

Why Carmelo, and not the others?
Saviour Balzan

Franco Debono’s relentless criticism of Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici may be justified on some levels, but shouldn’t other ministers also be criticised?

Franco Debono’s relentless criticism of Carmelo Mifsud...

Dangerous ideas about the press
Matthew Vella

Increasing libel damages would cripple the mainstream media, and strengthen the colluding party media and unofficial voices.

Increasing libel damages would cripple the mainstream...

Franco Debono: doing the unthinkable
Saviour Balzan

Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s attempt to interpret the motion as a personal attack on him, clearly backfired.

Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s attempt to interpret the motion as...

Trial by prejudice?
James Debono

The jury system is not the best way to judge racially motivated crimes in Malta.

The jury system is not the best way to judge racially...

Children with a disability let down at school
Evarist Bartolo

As the school year is coming to a close, 39 children with a disability...

As the school year is coming to a close, 39 children with a...

‘Ahn’ ahna jew m’ahniex’
Claudine Cassar

Honourable Debono, you are not the be all and end all of this House,” said acting Speaker Censu Galea after Franco Debono threw another tantrum in parliament...

Honourable Debono, you are not the be all and end all of...