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Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has promised another ‘earthquake of change’. Given the degree to which his earlier, identical promise (in 2008) was ignored by the previous...

New government, same old crap

Raphael Vassallo

We all know how it works: the players may change from time to time, but the game remains the same.

Evarist Bartolo

The Labour Party does not agree with the government decision to keep Malta out of the Programme for International Student Assessment, held earlier this year by...

The Labour Party does not agree with the government...

Saviour Balzan

Yet another gaze into the political crystal ball.

Claudine Cassar

I shake my head and sigh at the Bishops' IVF pastoral letter.

I shake my head and sigh at the Bishops' IVF pastoral...

Raphael Vassallo

Back in 1981, Alex Sceberras Trigona did not practice what he now seems to be preaching.

Back in 1981, Alex Sceberras Trigona did not practice what...

Michael Falzon

In its enthusiasm to observe God’s law (as it sees it) the local Church forgets all about compassion and loving one’s neighbour.

In its enthusiasm to observe God’s law (as it sees it)...

Evarist Bartolo

Several priests were shocked about how insensitive and backward looking the pastoral letter was and refused to read it in church.

Several priests were shocked about how insensitive and...

The bonus to the Police Corps is not an isolated example of targeted vote-buying initiatives but the latest in a long and depressing history of such measures.

The bonus to the Police Corps is not an isolated example of...

Carmen Sammut

Secularisation in a place like Malta does not merely entail a decline of religious influence but also a decline of ideologically-committed institutions.

Secularisation in a place like Malta does not merely entail...

Saviour Balzan

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We question the validity of a judicial system which views simple possession of cannabis a more serious offence than either double murder, attempted robbery,...

We question the validity of a judicial system which views...

James Debono

Floriana has an independent mayor supported by the PN. Labour cries foul, thus betraying its aversion to anything which goes beyond the two-party system.

Floriana has an independent mayor supported by the PN....

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Raphael Vassallo

What cheek, what nerve, what flaming hypocrisy, that they can cite ‘Mother Nature’ as a pretext to deprive other people of opportunities.

What cheek, what nerve, what flaming hypocrisy, that they...

Claudine Cassar

Quotas are the only way that we can kick-start true progress towards achieving equality

Quotas are the only way that we can kick-start true...

Evarist Bartolo

Setting the record straight on party bodyguards.

Saviour Balzan

How things will not change...

Both PN and Labour campaigns seem to mirror each other in some respect.

Both PN and Labour campaigns seem to mirror each other in...

How much more public funds are we willing to spend, and how much more procrastination are we willing to endure, to ensure that the conscience of some of our...

How much more public funds are we willing to spend, and how...