TEST BLOG
Claudine Cassar
TEST BLOG
Cartoon 1 April 2013
Cartoon by Mark Scicluna
Everybody’s President
Raphael Vassallo

The President of the Republic made a disconcerting statement during a radio interview last Saturday.

The President of the Republic made a disconcerting...

Leave no child behind
Claudine Cassar

A couple of years ago I wrote an article suggesting that single mothers should be offered free childcare in order to enable them to work and better themselves.

A couple of years ago I wrote an article suggesting that...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on what's really causing backbencher Franco Debono's criticism and actions against government

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on what's really...

Of rockets and reality checks

By focusing on North Korea, the Prime Minister exposed himself to the charge of hypocrisy, for accusing the Opposition of a shortcoming that his own government...

By focusing on North Korea, the Prime Minister exposed...

Human frights for those under arrest
Raphael Vassallo

The EU wants all suspected criminals placed under arrest to be informed of their rights by means of a letter. I wonder how that will turn out...

The EU wants all suspected criminals placed under arrest to...

Chicken noodles, Franco Debono and breakfast at Harrods
Saviour Balzan

I really don’t know where to start. It has been quite a week.

I really don’t know where to start. It has been quite a...

With a ‘safe pair of hands’ like that…
Raphael Vassallo

My immediate reaction, was: ‘Wheeeee… DOO-I-NNGGG!’

My immediate reaction, was: ‘Wheeeee… DOO-I-NNGGG!’

Sometimes my child throws a tantrum...
Claudine Cassar

“Though I understand that the relocation to Switzerland was unexpected, I really cannot understand how someone can just ‘babysit’ a child for five years...

“Though I understand that the relocation to Switzerland...

Killing Nicholas Azzopardi after his death
Evarist Bartolo

He spent the last summer of his life working hard with his son diagnosed with...

He spent the last summer of his life working hard with his...

Only one way out of this mess

The current situation in parliament has gone beyond farcical, and is now bordering on the perilously absurd.

The current situation in parliament has gone beyond...

Portomaso politics: is Labour becoming the new PN?
James Debono

Roderick Galdes’s vote for the Portomaso project extension reflects a trend...

Roderick Galdes’s vote for the Portomaso project...

Penthouses: when words are not enough
James Debono

Revising the policy on penthouses is the right thing to do. But why not change this policy immediately to stop the onslaught of ugliness?

Revising the policy on penthouses is the right thing to do....

The Constitution is not a tomb
Raphael Vassallo

Today we are in danger of attempting to transform the Constitution of Malta into a tomb: bury an archaic notion of our ‘national identity’ before people...

Today we are in danger of attempting to transform the...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan is back with a new videoblog, this time to discuss the impasse between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and backbencher Franco Debono.

Saviour Balzan is back with a new videoblog, this time to...

A Greek tragedy with a Maltese flavour
Saviour Balzan

The line between patronage and meritocracy simply does not exist.

The line between patronage and meritocracy simply does not...

Pathological nation
Raphael Vassallo

It seems that in oh-so-Catholic 21st century Malta the act of sexually dominating an 18-year-old girl is now considered the very epitome of human kindness and...

It seems that in oh-so-Catholic 21st century Malta the act...

MRA’s veil of secrecy
Evarist Bartolo

MRA has not bothered to explain all these price increases and accused it of failing in its role as an independent regulator.

MRA has not bothered to explain all these price increases...

It’s been a while
Claudine Cassar

I find the whole Yana Mintoff Bland scenario unbelievable...

I find the whole Yana Mintoff Bland scenario unbelievable...