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Trying to decipher their decisions

Saviour Balzan

Lilu King is not good news. He is the kind of businessman who should not be driving around in Paceville as if it was his fiefdom. And on this occasion, perhaps not only this one,...

Is Netanyahu blackmailing Malta? | Arnold Cassola

Benjamin Netanyahu was furious at Spain, Ireland and Norway for recognising the Palestinian state. Malta chickened out at the last moment, which begs the question: Is...

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...

Look how successful I am! | Daniel Xerri

If such personifications of the ‘I don’t give a f*ck about the law’ attitude are allowed to continue roaming the streets, persist with...

If such personifications of the ‘I don’t give a...

Julia Farrugia

It’s been an emotional journey for me. Getting Cabinet approval for the Maltese Thalidomide survivors is yet another much-needed social intervention, in...

It’s been an emotional journey for me. Getting...

Abuse in sports silences our champions | Chris Bonett

It is clear that the problem of abuse in sport is real, but pan-European action...

It is clear that the problem of abuse in sport is real, but...

Whose side is the Film Commission on, anyway? ‘Commodus’, or ‘Maximus Decimus Meridius’?

Raphael Vassallo

Above all, however, one would expect the Malta Film Commission to also wade directly into the issue at hand... by telling us, for instance, where it actually...

Above all, however, one would expect the Malta Film...

Raphael Vassallo

Robert Abela should really have had enough political acumen, of his own, to pre-emptively guage how the public would react to his decisions

Robert Abela should really have had enough political...

Michael Falzon

With Labour’s populist cry on the decline and with the average voter being more dissatisfied with the current administration as time goes on, the PN...

With Labour’s populist cry on the decline and with...

When a Prime Minister fails to ‘read the room’

Josanne Cassar

The more Robert Abela vehemently claimed that he has nothing to hide and that...

The more Robert Abela vehemently claimed that he has...

Saviour Balzan

The single-handed campaign of one grieving mother has stalled Robert Abela’s ascendancy

The single-handed campaign of one grieving mother has...

Youth: Caricatured as the blame and the solution | Valerie Visanich

There has been an increase in the tone of voice of discontent amongst youth on...

There has been an increase in the tone of voice of...

A third political party winner? | Mark Said

Building a major new party in Malta is not impossible. Indeed, if we stand back...

Building a major new party in Malta is not impossible....

Maybe Jesus should just get himself another ‘parrot’...

Raphael Vassallo

But, oh well. All it really means, ultimately, is that Gordon John manche...

But, oh well. All it really means, ultimately, is that...

Michael Falzon

In other words whether the bait is more expensive than the fish that it will catch is a question that can only be answered in the future

In other words whether the bait is more expensive than the...

‘There’s a rat in San Anton, what are we gonna do?’

Raphael Vassallo

I’ve been visiting that place, every once in a while, for the better part...

I’ve been visiting that place, every once in a while,...

The poverty debate: defining what makes one poor

Josanne Cassar

You have people who are comfortable, with enough disposable income to eat out...

You have people who are comfortable, with enough disposable...