Increase in emergency calls by drug users: More abuse or less fear? | Karen Mamo
Increased presentations to the emergency services, primarily linked with cocaine and cannabis, are a shared reality across the EU
A mistrusted and partial speaker?
Mark Said
Perhaps the time has come to consider a constitutional amendment whereby the Speaker is elected by a two-thirds majority with the same procedure as that pertaining to the...
Who cares about the residents? Let’s just close another road
Josanne Cassar

You simply cannot trap people in their own homes by undertaking simultaneous...

You simply cannot trap people in their own homes by...

Uninformed political opinions took space meant for children

Artists behind the play Gender Boss say they are shocked by...

Artists behind the play Gender Boss say they are shocked by...

‘Pencil Development’ should be rubbed out, not rubber-stamped
Raphael Vassallo

The government of Malta has not just ‘forgotten’ all about those...

The government of Malta has not just...

The unravelling of Muscat’s coalition
Michael Falzon

Otherwise the Labour Party inherited by Abela will keep on dragging its feet in power and Malta loses the chance to renew itself sooner rather than later

Otherwise the Labour Party inherited by Abela will keep on...

‘Get Whatsapp’, they said. It’s ‘safe and secure’, they said...
Raphael Vassallo

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much ‘positive value’, in a course of action that may well end up jeopardising – in not actually...

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much...

No, it’s not because she is a woman, it’s because she is an MP
Josanne Cassar

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into issues which are...

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into...

‘Pencil Development’ should be rubbed out, not rubber-stamped
Raphael Vassallo

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those ’broken teeth’...

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those...

Regulating the construction industry
Michael Falzon

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law, every Tom Dick and Harry can - at whatever age - buy a big machine and start assuming excavation and...

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law,...

‘Parks and cars’ are like ‘oil and water’. They just don’t mix
Raphael Vassallo

And all thanks to the policies of a Labour government, that is now ‘surprised’ to discover that it somehow managed to lose around 40,000 votes, in...

And all thanks to the policies of a Labour government, that...

Imagine all the people | Clayton Bartolo

The bottom line is that people everywhere want to travel more than ever to the places they want and when they want. Malta's tourism sector performance was...

The bottom line is that people everywhere want to travel...

Contrived news, sensationalist headlines and twitter ‘rage’
Josanne Cassar

The privacy and dignity towards victims needs to come first, and this can be...

The privacy and dignity towards victims needs to come...

What a mess!
Saviour Balzan

The truth is that the agreement with Steward was a joke. After Vitals, the Maltese government should have taken the hospitals back. The fact that they did...

The truth is that the agreement with Steward was a...

Darren Debono wanted the fuel smuggling stories to stop. So he texted me a photo I had of my daughter from my WhatsApp profile
Matthew Vella

Former MaltaToday executive editor Matthew Vella: 'The Times report is incorrect in giving alleged criminal Darren Debono a platform for his spin on a...

Former MaltaToday executive editor Matthew...

Morbid voyeurism | Daniel Xerri

When bystanders choose to take a photo of what is probably the victim’s most vulnerable moment, they are making a conscious decision to souvenir an event...

When bystanders choose to take a photo of what is probably...

What happened to Andrea Prudente and why the truth matters
Isabel Stabile

Andrea Prudente should have been offered this option. Instead, her doctors...

Andrea Prudente should have been offered this option....

About time, too. Labour needed a good kick in the arse...
Raphael Vassallo

And if the Steward-Vitals ruling even comes into it, at all: it is chiefly...

And if the Steward-Vitals ruling even comes into it, at...

A misconception of truly ‘Ġgantic’ proportions...
Raphael Vassallo

They’re being ‘strong with the weak, and weak with the...

They’re being ‘strong with the weak, and weak...

Broadcasting conundrum
Michael Falzon

The Constitutional provisions on broadcasting must be updated to reflect the difference between the legal obligations of the state-owned public broadcasting...

The Constitutional provisions on broadcasting must be...