Cartoon: 4 June 2023
Cartoon by Mikiel Galea
Exotic parrots and red flags
To eliminate the revolving doors conundrum, with all the negative connotations it brings about, the State would have to be ready to fork out generous transition payments to...
Right of reply: Campus Hub audit

University of Malta right of reply to MaltaToday story ‘Campus Hub audit: ‘Serious doubts’ on tender process fairness’

University of Malta right of reply to MaltaToday story...

So much, I suppose, for the European Parliament’s ‘Rule of Law’ crusade...
Raphael Vassallo

And, well... what does all that tell us, about how value the European Parliament REALLY attaches, to ‘fundamental principles’ such as the Rule Of...

And, well... what does all that tell us, about how value...

This is basically all about Ian Borg’s swimming pool, right?

No. 188 - The Encroachment Reward

No. 188 - The Encroachment Reward

Energy subsidies cannot last forever

And given that there is already so much international pressure to end these subsidies, anyway: now would be a good time to start

And given that there is already so much international...

Winning the ODZ lottery
James Debono

The regularisation scheme for partly ODZ properties with illegalities which stop them from selling, is not the equivalent of the far more extensive 2006...

The regularisation scheme for partly ODZ properties with...

Nothing but the truth
Michael Falzon

The contradictions in the sworn testimony given by Edward Scicluna, Keith Schembri, and Silvio Valletta are too blatant to be acceptable in a country that is...

The contradictions in the sworn testimony given by Edward...

Chronology of a dog-attack, foretold
Raphael Vassallo

Ah, but who actually gets the blame, for all the Minister’s evident FAILURE in this regard? Anton Refalo himself? Patricia Azzopardi? Anton Grech? Who?

Ah, but who actually gets the blame, for all the...

A country with two faces
Josanne Cassar

It never ceases to depress me how, on the surface, we seem to have a thriving economy and yet, we have sectors of the country which are very underpaid and...

It never ceases to depress me how, on the surface, we seem...

When reports sound the wakeup call
Saviour Balzan

A report by Grant Thornton report shows that between 2013 and 2021 house prices increased by 100% • The very fast upward trend in the economy in...

A report by Grant Thornton report shows that...

Cartoon: 23 April 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Reforming the justice system

The proposed reforms to the criminal justice system - authored by retired judge Antonio Mizzi and unveiled last week by Justice Minister Jonathan Attard...

The proposed reforms to the criminal justice system -...

Representation must be proven
Malcolm Mifsud

Those who claim to represent a party in a lawsuit have to prove their representation

Those who claim to represent a party in a lawsuit have to...

Imagine all the people
Peter Agius

People are getting angrier by the day at Labour’s attitude of pigs at the trough as nicely illustrated in Rosianne Cutajar’s chats. We will seek...

People are getting angrier by the day at Labour’s...

The islands awash with cocaine
Daniel Xerri

Misconceptions surrounding cocaine are one of the chief reasons why certain people fall into the trap of using it

Misconceptions surrounding cocaine are one of the chief...

Guys, it’s called Merchants Street. M-E-R-C-H-A-N-T-S Street

No. 187 - The Saints Ain't Marching In

No. 187 - The Saints Ain't Marching In

Dogs are as dangerous as their owners

Hopefully, we will not have to wait for another episode of this horror show, for action to be finally taken

Hopefully, we will not have to wait for another episode of...

The shoddy low-standard coalition
Ralph Cassar

To reach the target of zero-carbon we cannot postpone any more, we must start changing now, otherwise a sudden change will hurt

To reach the target of zero-carbon we cannot postpone any...

Hunters, accusing Birdlife of ‘handling dead birds’. Whatever next?
Raphael Vassallo

Yes, the federation is quite right to accuse Birdlife Malta of ‘attempting to influence the law-courts’, in a case which was scheduled to commence...

Yes, the federation is quite right to accuse Birdlife Malta...