Regulating the construction industry
Michael Falzon
Construction in Malta has progressed by leaps and bounds since that time... and we have now found that our legal framework has not kept pace with this evolution
‘U il-kotra qamet f’daqqa’…
Raphael Vassallo
And if that’s not a milestone historical moment, for Ruzar Briffa to write a poem about: I don’t know what is, quite frankly…
Reforming drug laws is not a game
Raphael Vassallo

It is now about the recognition that ‘the game’ has in fact been lost by all parties concerned, and the rules need to be redevised from scratch.

It is now about the recognition that ‘the game’...

Time running out for the PN
Frank Psaila

The Maltese Catholic Church has a leadership crisis. We have a defunct church

The Maltese Catholic Church has a leadership crisis. We...

Politics and summer don’t mix
Josanne Cassar

This year, however, I’ve noticed that the atmosphere is more relaxed than usual, and even when there is a story which seems to have grabbed the...

This year, however, I’ve noticed that the atmosphere...

If the parties have lost their soul, the people have not
Saviour Balzan

Ideology is not dead, it is the parties that want it dead – the people...

Ideology is not dead, it is the parties that want it dead...

Scicluna vs the drug barons
James Debono

Bishop Scicluna’s assertion that the decriminalisation of drugs benefits barons misses the issue at stake, that it is bad social policy to turn sick...

Bishop Scicluna’s assertion that the...

MTA – a driver for agritourism
George M. Mangion

Governments in Europe have willingly allocated funds to farms through schemes to assist farmers in renovating their properties to become a suitable habitation...

Governments in Europe have willingly allocated funds to...

Tarantino would be proud…
Raphael Vassallo

I have watched it at least three times – seriously, the music is that good – and I have yet to come across any information that wasn’t 100%...

I have watched it at least three times – seriously,...

Tackling early school leaving
Evarist Bartolo

Young people who leave school early are at a higher risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion.

Young people who leave school early are at a higher risk of...

Cannabis and common sense? That’ll be the day…
Raphael Vassallo

The Justice Reform Commission has strongly hinted that some form of...

The Justice Reform Commission has strongly hinted that some...

When did we become so cruel?
Josanne Cassar

There is a world of difference between criticism or satire of someone’s work, statements and behaviour in a public role and trying to tear that person...

There is a world of difference between criticism or satire...

Libya, Malta, oil smuggling and bombs
Arnold Cassola

Smuggling from Libya is perhaps one of the few instances where phone tapping by the Maltese Secret Service could be justified

Smuggling from Libya is perhaps one of the few...

A 'sorry' identity?

By Charles Xuereb

By Charles Xuereb

Young people call for involvement in decision making
Evarist Bartolo

Late last month, 76 students from 38 schools in Malta and Gozo were the focus...

Late last month, 76 students from 38 schools in Malta and...

Baked potatoes with butter? Better buy an oven first
Raphael Vassallo

Maltese law  affords people with virtually unlimited opportunities to...

Maltese law  affords people with virtually unlimited...

Twisted logic on integration
James Debono

It-Torca is right in putting immigrants on the same league as underprivileged Maltese minorities. But it is bloody wrong when it puts trappers in the same...

It-Torca is right in putting immigrants on the same league...

[LISTEN] A new camp rises for the displaced in the wilderness
Karl Schembri

No child should ever feel their parents’ shame. And I wonder how many...

No child should ever feel their parents’ shame. And I...

These Europeans are crazy...
Raphael Vassallo

Of course, the entire European Union can instantly see that which seems to be the invisible to Leo Brincat and nearly all the rest of the Maltese population:...

Of course, the entire European Union can instantly see that...

When supply is free, demand is infinite
Michael Falzon

The truth is that, over time, the state has been financing the housing of more people who do not deserve it than of those who do, because of their dire...

The truth is that, over time, the state has been financing...