Prison severe overcrowding: An ignored crisis
Mark Said
Yet these measures seem unable to address prison congestion in the long term. It has never been clearer that a change of direction is needed, and the longer we leave it, the...
Editorial: Three people. Three stories. One problem
If some other minister is involved in wrongdoing or unethical behaviour, what moral justification can Abela cite to force that person out of Cabinet when one of his most senior...
Editorial: Alex Borg must stay and focus on changing the PN

The PN would be making a gross mistake if it tries to short-circuit its way out...

The PN would be making a gross mistake if it tries to...

Television is not dying. It is changing
Silvio Scerri

If entertainment programming today can generate advertising, sponsorship and significant commercial returns, should public funding structures continue to...

If entertainment programming today can generate...

We choose to build Momentum. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard
Mark Camilleri Gambin

We don't need an easy way out; we need to do the hard work to continue building a genuine, transparent option from the ground up

We don't need an easy way out; we need to do the hard...

Labour must now show it is deserving of the electorate’s renewed trust

Winning for a fourth consecutive time is not something to be discounted. It is a success. But it also puts great responsibility on the winning team to show it...

Winning for a fourth consecutive time is not something to...

Robert Abela can make some courageous reforms, he has nothing to lose
Saviour Balzan

The winner does not take all 

The winner does not take all 

Will we wake up today to the same Malta?
Josanne Cassar

Many people moan and whine but hold back when it comes to actually voting for change is down to the adage 'better the devil you know'

Many people moan and whine but hold back when it comes to...

Campaigning is over. Malta must now focus on governability
JP Fabri

Beneath victory or defeat lies a more important challenge. Malta must begin...

Beneath victory or defeat lies a more important challenge....

Pope’s call for an ethical code for AI should be heeded

AI can imitate and simulate the person, but it does not possess a moral...

AI can imitate and simulate the person, but it does not...

Tick tock, tick tock…
Saviour Balzan

All surveys contained caveats enshrined in the high number of undecided voters and others who potentially provided false replies when quizzed about their...

All surveys contained caveats enshrined in the high number...

Cartoon: 31 May 2026

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Strengthening Malta’s cannabis reform: an electoral promise

The pivotal role of civil society has been frequently recognised by UN and EU...

The pivotal role of civil society has been frequently...

Pembroke and the politics of environmental hypocrisy
Mark Anthony Camilleri

The residents of Pembroke, Swieqi, and the wider Maltese public deserve better...

The residents of Pembroke, Swieqi, and the wider Maltese...

From politics to management: Why Malta needs a rupture
Mark M. Scerri

What is required, therefore, is not better management, but a rupture. A rupture...

What is required, therefore, is not better management, but...

Malta cannot breathe without change
Julian Borg

Nifs Ġdid is not just a slogan, it represents a commitment to real change

Nifs Ġdid is not just a slogan, it represents a commitment...

An economist’s case for continuity, credibility, and care
Cressida Galea

The Labour Party manifesto is the stronger national programme not because it is...

The Labour Party manifesto is the stronger national...

Appeasing the hunting lobby

We won’t hold our breath waiting for an answer because side agreements brokered away from the madding crowd seem to have greater importance than...

We won’t hold our breath waiting for an answer...

Built to exclude
Christian Colombo / Joanna Onions

What might unmake it is the slow accumulation of small refusals agreed across the aisle, until a generation of our neighbours quietly concludes that the...

What might unmake it is the slow accumulation of small...

The Malta I believe in
Joseph Grech

Preserving our country does not mean resisting progress. It means understanding that true progress must be sustainable. It means recognising that economic...

Preserving our country does not mean resisting progress. It...