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A prison run like a Gulag and the director who ran it

Saviour Balzan

The unearthing of misdemeanours from the past is one of the biggest headaches of the Abela administration. It will not be easy to address every single issue, which is why when a...

The National Audit Office: a pillar of integrity

Mark Said

The NAO cannot intervene in the political affairs of our country. But it can give advice, encouragement and support to a government that wishes to fight corruption

‘Liberalisation leads to lower prices’. Really? Since when?

Raphael Vassallo

When any segment of a market as small as Malta is ‘liberalised’......

When any segment of a market as small as Malta is...

Michael Falzon

So Abela could not pull the strings and move away from the ‘money no problem’ mentality that Muscat’s tenure in power had generated

So Abela could not pull the strings and move away from the...

Boosting our efforts for a better service | Jonathan Cardona

Enemalta CEO says that the challenges during the July heatwave highlighted...

Enemalta CEO says that the challenges during the July...

Over-population and the dangers of quoting unreliable sources

Josanne Cassar

Over the last few weeks, every time someone mentioned over-population I...

Over the last few weeks, every time someone mentioned...

Government’s screeching and damaging U-turns | Mark Said

Abela’s premiership hardly ever got off to the smoothest of starts, with...

Abela’s premiership hardly ever got off to the...

‘Blaming climate change’ is just another way for Robert Abela to ‘blame himself’...

Raphael Vassallo

And after all that... Robert Abela still has the gall to ‘blame climate change’, for his own failures?! I mean, come on. There’s a limit to...

And after all that... Robert Abela still has the gall to...

An avoidable national crisis and our plan forward

Mark Anthony Sammut

They made it almost sound as if this crisis was unavoidable, out of our...

They made it almost sound as if this crisis was...

Michael Falzon

In the Corradino case, the quacks left their signature all over the rubble that crushed and killed Jean Paul Sofia. People registered as...

In the Corradino case, the quacks left their signature all...

Why ‘Mr Mojo-Jojo’ is the superhero this country really needs, right now

Raphael Vassallo

All the ongoing overdevelopment, in this country right now, can be defined as being somehow ‘tourism-related’, in one way or another

All the ongoing overdevelopment, in this country right now,...

If this is not a wakeup call, I don’t know what is

Josanne Cassar

If this is not a wakeup call that we need to change our ways and the completely...

If this is not a wakeup call that we need to change our...

Saviour Balzan

The answer to our infrastructural woes are not going to be climate change agencies but action and decision-making based on the premise that this small...

The answer to our infrastructural woes are not going to be...

Before ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’, there were... ‘The Powerpuff Girls’! (Part One)

Raphael Vassallo

The upshot, of course, is that both Barbie, and The Powerpuff Girls, ended up serving a purpose that was far removed from the intentions of their respective...

The upshot, of course, is that both Barbie, and The...

[WATCH] MaltaToday’s survey results analysed

James Debono / Kurt Sansone

MaltaToday Executive Editor Kurt Sansone and Senior Journalist James Debono...

MaltaToday Executive Editor Kurt Sansone and Senior...

Boiler No. 7 all over again: Seven days of hell

Kurt Sansone

Robert Abela and Miriam Dalli keep referring to the sins of PN administrations...

Robert Abela and Miriam Dalli keep referring to the sins of...

Enemalta has just admitted responsibility for the blackouts. Why does no one believe them?

Raphael Vassallo

The more I think about it today, however... the more I begin to realise that something, somewhere doesn’t quite ‘add up’

The more I think about it today, however... the more I...

Michael Falzon

The people want to know the way they do things INDIS country!

The people want to know the way they do things INDIS...

Heatwaves, an overloaded electricity grid and power cuts: Is this the new abnormal?

Josanne Cassar

I doubt anyone will resign over this, because the ability to say ‘I was wrong and I will take the blame’ is somehow lacking in our...

I doubt anyone will resign over this, because the ability...

Saviour Balzan

The fiasco at Enemalta was perhaps in synch with the management disaster of the Jean Paul Sofia case

The fiasco at Enemalta was perhaps in synch with the...