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Our Jekyll and Hyde government

Mark Said

This Jekyll and Hyde government is infuriating even a growing number of Labour loyalists. When it’s good, Robert Abela’s administration is truly spectacular. But its...

PN’s visionless vision | Carmelo Abela

But the cherry on the cake is the last two words: ‘September 2025’. The PN had the gall to date its document as if it had presented it in time for the end of the...

Finally, none of this is possible unless we continue to make it easier for tourists to fly to Malta. Through both a viable legacy airline as well as budget...

Finally, none of this is possible unless we continue to...

How did ‘The Taxman’ suddenly turn from ‘villain’, to ‘hero’?

Raphael Vassallo

I don’t know. Call me old-fashioned, but... I still prefer those hackneyed old stereotypes, at the end of the day...

I don’t know. Call me old-fashioned, but... I...

Bridging the corridors of energy connections

Miriam Dalli

Europe depended on Russia for 40-45% of its imported gas and about a quarter of...

Europe depended on Russia for 40-45% of its imported gas...

Steward horror show reveals the inherent theft inside privatisation deals

Matthew Vella

With PPPs like the Steward/Vitals deal, the government socialises all the risks of these profit-minded, shareholder-driven ventures for curiously little and...

With PPPs like the Steward/Vitals deal, the government...

Michael Falzon

Since everyone received a cheque, it seems that everyone is considered a hard worker and we all merit an extra cheque every now and then - even if it doubles...

Since everyone received a cheque, it seems that everyone is...

Where does Robert Abela get this idea, that ‘more housing = lower property prices’?

Raphael Vassallo

... the price of Maltese property will continue to remain just as ‘high and unaffordable’, as it is today: no matter how many ‘social housing...

... the price of Maltese property will continue to remain...

It’s so easy to be cruel behind a keyboard

Josanne Cassar

With a show like Love Island, the inevitable public reaction has been cranked...

With a show like Love Island, the inevitable public...

Who can live under the sword of blackmail?

Saviour Balzan

There has been constant rumour-mongering, and recently, a blackmail of sorts...

There has been constant rumour-mongering, and recently, a...

Mark Camilleri Gambin

The veil of anonymity often tends to bring out the nastiest aspects of human nature - as evident with fake profiles on social media

The veil of anonymity often tends to bring out the nastiest...

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than a thousand intentions | Roberta Attard

You know, the tiniest seed in the right situation turns into the most beautiful forest. And then the most promising seed in the wrong situation turns into...

You know, the tiniest seed in the right situation turns...

Raphael Vassallo

The government of Malta has literally wasted untold billions in tax-payers’ money, over the course of a decade, on various ‘consultancies’...

The government of Malta has literally wasted untold...

Raphael Vassallo

The immediate difference this underscores is that both Eddie and Mintoff had a...

The immediate difference this underscores is that both...

Michael Falzon

Owning and breeding dangerous cats has become a hallmark of those who think they belong to a class that makes them a cut above everybody else

Owning and breeding dangerous cats has become a hallmark of...

No, Mr defence lawyer. It does not matter what she was wearing

Josanne Cassar

I thought we had got past the atrocious practice of asking a victim what she...

I thought we had got past the atrocious practice of asking...

Best in the world, just worse than Congo and Montenegro...

Saviour Balzan

Malta has historically been on the low end of the wider press freedom rankings,...

Malta has historically been on the low end of the wider...

Dealing with world population concerns | Christian Colombo, Joanna Onions

Rather than seeing people only as numbers, or baby-producing machines, to somehow be controlled in one direction or the other, let’s take a humanist...

Rather than seeing people only as numbers, or...

We can’t expect Gozo to remain a ‘virgin’, while we continue raping her sister-island

Raphael Vassallo

Yes, Gozitans are quite right to feel aggrieved... even as we, here in Malta, entreat the Gozitans to ‘respect their own...

Yes, Gozitans are quite right to feel aggrieved... even as...

Michael Falzon

Sometimes the governments’ generosity with particular individuals knows no bounds - even when it is at the expense of the common man

Sometimes the governments’ generosity with particular...