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 scandal went on to...

Cartoon: 22 October 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

I don't understand. Isn't this guy Russel Crowe's PR agent in Malta? Why is he talking about securing my job?

No. 206 - They Can Take Our Freedom, But They'll Never Take Away Our Rebates

No. 206 - They Can Take Our Freedom, But They'll Never...

No more close-ups, just economic arguments

What Malta needs is an honest discussion between stakeholders in the industry...

What Malta needs is an honest discussion between...

Michael Falzon

Meanwhile, dreams of how tourism in Malta could and should have evolved remain just dreams

Meanwhile, dreams of how tourism in Malta could and should...

Malta needs that film rebate. But it needs to be more transparent

Raphael Vassallo

Malta’s cash rebate IS, in fact, a necessary investment: if we really...

Malta’s cash rebate IS, in fact, a necessary...

People are willing to spend money on concerts and festivals - just don’t rip them off

Josanne Cassar

There were members of the audience who had spent €100 per ticket only to find themselves behind the platforms for the lighting, camera crew...

There were members of the audience who had...

Saviour Balzan

Unlike Sicily, Greece and Sardinia we have no space, tree cover, or mountains to compensate for ugly urban sprawl and high population density

Unlike Sicily, Greece and Sardinia we have no space, tree...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The use of electronic tagging in cases of bail also helps balance society’s right to feel protected with the accused’s right to be released from...

The use of electronic tagging in cases of bail also helps...

A timely reshuffle can be a preemptive attempt to limit future problems with Cabinet management. It is time for a new minister or two to get a mission...

A timely reshuffle can be a preemptive attempt to limit...

Like building contractors, ‘festa-organisers’ need to be held to higher standards

Raphael Vassallo

And this raises a few questions, concerning the standards of ‘health and safety’ provided by the organisers of these (I repeat) MASSIVE...

And this raises a few questions, concerning the standards...

We all get so much more work done when the boss is on holiday, right?

No. 205 - Turn Around, Bernie

Unfortunately, the PN leader is a dead man walking, who can easily be brushed aside in his own house by an audacious bartender and overshadowed by Metsola, who...

Unfortunately, the PN leader is a dead man walking, who can...

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Annabelle Cilia

Ramona Attard

Josanne Cassar

‘Everyone’s responsible, except whoever’s responsible’

Raphael Vassallo

... and of course, ‘more complaints from disappointed tourists’...

... and of course, ‘more complaints from disappointed...

Michael Falzon

The howlers on TVM’s quiz programme are funny. But they are also a sad reflection of the way the public broadcaster works... and of its abandonment of...

The howlers on TVM’s quiz programme are funny. But...

A garnishee order may be reduced if the circumstances have changed

Malcolm Mifsud

If there is a change in circumstances which allow the reduction of a garnishee...

If there is a change in circumstances which allow the...

Saviour Balzan

It may have been music to his loyal sycophants but not to the vast majority of those who worked with him or close to him or orbited in his political world...

It may have been music to his loyal sycophants but not...

Josanne Cassar

Whereas when it comes to politics there is a general air of hopeless defeatism, when it comes to the deterioration of their own neighbourhoods everyone becomes...

Whereas when it comes to politics there is a general air of...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea