The citizen hero
Mark Camilleri Gambin
Despite hailing from a generation which is far from savvy with technology, Arnold Cassola manages to utilise modern tools with deftness of an expert social media influencer
Cartoon: 26 November 2023
Cartoon by Mikiel Galea
No remorse, no apology: Labour in denial

The PL may be in a state of denial but the hospitals saga and its corrupt ramifications will not be easily forgotten

The PL may be in a state of denial but the hospitals saga...

Newsflash: David Casa discovers that his own medicine doesn’t taste all that great, after all…
Raphael Vassallo

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the (entirely predictable) consequences of his own actions

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the...

Mistreating migrants
Michael Falzon

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor help to avoid - let alone solve -the problems created by the migration phenomenon across the...

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor...

Our obsession with speed is killing us
Josanne Cassar

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will still get to your destination... If you are always late and forever rushing then it’s your time...

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will...

George Farrugia
Saviour Balzan

All the big talk in 2013 by the Labour administration about addressing these misdemeanours was a whole load of claptrap. Some of the individuals in the oil...

All the big talk in 2013 by the Labour administration about...

Cartoon: 22 October 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The e-scooter ban is a kneejerk reaction

The government’s action, when opting for an outright ban on rental e-scooters, is typical of how authorities under pressure react when dealing...

The government’s action, when opting for an...

Reforming the personal assistance scheme for persons with a disability
Julia Farrugia

In our daily contact with persons with a disabililty and their parents and guardians, we are often reminded of the dilemma facing them when a surviving parent...

In our daily contact with persons with a disabililty and...

Are we are sleepwalking into an educational abyss? | Louis Naudi

Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce possessing these thinking...

Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce...

16-year-olds running the country? Maybe it’s not such a bad idea, after all…
Raphael Vassallo

Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult politicians’, that we vote for in each and every election? No, I didn’t think so,...

Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult...

Judge recognises defendant’s right to abandon business after plaintiff’s default
Malcolm Mifsud

Once a plaintiff defaulted on his obligations contracted with a defendant, the same defendant had every right to abandon the business set up with the plaintiff

Once a plaintiff defaulted on his obligations contracted...

Our prehistoric past faces another threat | Dawn Adrienne Saliba

Sadly, as the power dynamics currently stand, the voices of the many are...

Sadly, as the power dynamics currently stand, the voices of...

The will and the tools to fight corruption

Six long years after Daphne’s murder it would appear that at best...

Six long years after Daphne’s murder it would appear...

A case of mid-term blues?
Michael Falzon

For the PN to persuade the majority of the one-third potential ‘abstainers’ to vote for a change in government, it needs to have a popular and...

For the PN to persuade the majority of the one-third...

It’s not ‘whataboutism’, to recognise that there are two sides to any conflict
Raphael Vassallo

Who do people like Roberta Metsola and Ursula von der Leyen think they’re actually ‘representing’, when they speak (so unilaterally)...

Who do people like Roberta Metsola and Ursula von der Leyen...

Cartoon: 15 October 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea 

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea 

The Left’s Hamas dilemma

It is hard to understand how some on the political Left, including some elements close to the Maltese Labour Party, just cannot get themselves to condemn the...

It is hard to understand how some on the political Left,...

Abortion change that preserved the status quo | Neil Muscat

In stark contrast, the Diluted Amendment limits the scope of who may access the...

In stark contrast, the Diluted Amendment limits the scope...