Suppressing foreign owned media
Michael Falzon
Even in public pedestrian areas like the area of the entrance to Valletta, heavy vehicles should not be allowed when maintenance works are carried out
Abela’s reference to Um El Faroud means only one thing, really. Nothing has changed since 1995
Raphael Vassallo
And that, of course, is also another good reason for Abela to have thought twice, before making that particular comparison in the first place. For what is he actually telling us,...
Cosmopolitan Malta
Michael Falzon

Rather than asking Maltese to keep talking in Maltese when the majority of them do, one should help in the effort of getting foreign residents to speak in...

Rather than asking Maltese to keep talking in Maltese when...

So, in whose interest was the Vitals/Steward deal exactly?
Josanne Cassar

Once this saga is finally resolved, what will the people of Malta and Gozo have...

Once this saga is finally resolved, what will the people of...

Humility and pointing to the culprits
Saviour Balzan

The Vitals and Steward Healthcare agreement was blessed by Cabinet and sold as an urgent requirement for upgrading our health system

The Vitals and Steward Healthcare agreement was blessed by...

Ukraine is Europe | Roberta Metsola
Roberta Metsola

The Ukrainian people are among the bravest, most resilient and impressive examples of a people fighting and beating the odds. They deserve our unwavering...

The Ukrainian people are among the bravest, most resilient...

Migration: walls are not Christian | Daniel Desira

Refugees should be welcome no matter whether they are black or white, Christian...

Refugees should be welcome no matter whether they are black...

‘Holy Metsola, pray for us…’
Raphael Vassallo

After all: there must be some kind of limit, in the end, to how many ‘miracles’ you can actually pray for, at once…

After all: there must be some kind of limit, in the end, to...

Torpedoing Project Green: The nonsensical sale of undeveloped public land in Mellieħa
Kurt Sansone

The sale of a tract of undeveloped government-owned land in Mellieħa risks torpedoing Project Green’s noble aims, rendering it a greenwashing exercise...

The sale of a tract of undeveloped government-owned land in...

Trust is a lot easier to demolish, than to build…
Raphael Vassallo

And while appointing a brand new (and apparently ‘conflict of...

And while appointing a brand new (and apparently...

Priorities for culture in 2023

2023 will see considerable investment in culture; government's aim remains to keep culture high on the national agenda and ensure that its investments...

2023 will see considerable investment in culture;...

The PN’s angst
Michael Falzon

In the current situation, the question of who is the next PN leader is practically irrelevant

In the current situation, the question of who is the next...

They want to pass 'go' and collect €100 million
Saviour Balzan

One hopes the police investigate the authors of this hospital concession deal,...

One hopes the police investigate the authors of this...

Coming here as a Third Country National? Just don’t bother
Josanne Cassar

Instead of stepping in and cutting out the abuse of third country nationals,...

Instead of stepping in and cutting out the abuse of third...

If the polls are negative… they’re lying!
Raphael Vassallo

Small wonder, I suppose, that Bernard Grech would have suffered a momentary...

Small wonder, I suppose, that Bernard Grech would have...

Authenticity in the face of AI: adapting to disruption
Mark Camilleri Gambin

As our creative works can now be truly auto-generated and auto-corrected, what...

As our creative works can now be truly auto-generated and...

Drug use, checking, and human rights | Karen Mamo

Already socio-economic poor and marginalised communities are further pushed...

Already socio-economic poor and marginalised communities...

A political earthquake next for Turkey?
Michael Falzon

This does not mean that the May election necessarily signals the end of Erdogan. The Opposition is fractured and there is still no significant unifying leader...

This does not mean that the May election necessarily...

The Gods must be crazy…
Raphael Vassallo

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of ‘encouraging’ that same warped belief… by giving it more importance (and credence), than...

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of...

Surveys, margins of error and misplaced frustration: the thoughts of an armchair critic
Kurt Sansone

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should be interpreted was misplaced because the problem the PN faces is not how it reads the numbers but...

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should...