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No grass without the roots l Andrew Bonello

Cannabis reform in Malta: In 2025 we need to urgently ward off corporate and political infiltration, and ensure the regulatory framework realigns with its grass-roots, human and...

Monitoring the monitors

Michael Falzon

The idea that an official monitoring system is subject to an informal and unofficial monitoring system is not something exclusive to Gozo. It exists all over the world wherever...

Saviour Balzan

It was like a clip from Harry Potter when everyone in the film refers to ‘You-Know-Who’ or ‘He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named’ rather than...

It was like a clip from Harry Potter when everyone in...

Addressing food security and sustainability | Anton Refalo

The intelligence and knowledge being gathered will prove invaluable to other...

The intelligence and knowledge being gathered will prove...

We are determined to continue our fight to accomplish more growth in the film...

We are determined to continue our fight to accomplish more...

We’re all ‘friends’ with Adrian Delia, now…

Raphael Vassallo

‘Your job’s a joke’, for instance… how many times was...

‘Your job’s a joke’, for instance…...

Roald Dahl, censorship, and the ‘Frankenstein Effect’

Raphael Vassallo

Small wonder, I suppose, that Puffin Books would eventually backtrack on their...

Small wonder, I suppose, that Puffin Books would eventually...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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...