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Guaranteeing the future of Malta’s cultural heart | Omar Farrugia

It doesn’t matter what you do in life. You can be a secondary school student, an accountant or a business owner. You wear the colours and you give a hand. You help out. No...

Deal or no deal? Gaza in the aftermath of the ceasefire

Carmen Sammut

Sustainable peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hinges on justice and inclusivity, elements sadly lacking in the current proposal

‘Get Whatsapp’, they said. It’s ‘safe and secure’, they said...

Raphael Vassallo

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much ‘positive value’, in a course of action that may well end up jeopardising – in not actually...

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much...

No, it’s not because she is a woman, it’s because she is an MP

Josanne Cassar

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into issues which are...

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into...

‘Pencil Development’ should be rubbed out, not rubber-stamped

Raphael Vassallo

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those ’broken teeth’...

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those...

Michael Falzon

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law, every Tom Dick and Harry can - at whatever age - buy a big machine and start assuming excavation and...

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law,...

‘Parks and cars’ are like ‘oil and water’. They just don’t mix

Raphael Vassallo

And all thanks to the policies of a Labour government, that is now ‘surprised’ to discover that it somehow managed to lose around 40,000 votes, in...

And all thanks to the policies of a Labour government, that...

Imagine all the people | Clayton Bartolo

The bottom line is that people everywhere want to travel more than ever to the places they want and when they want. Malta's tourism sector performance was...

The bottom line is that people everywhere want to travel...

Contrived news, sensationalist headlines and twitter ‘rage’

Josanne Cassar

The privacy and dignity towards victims needs to come first, and this can be...

The privacy and dignity towards victims needs to come...

Saviour Balzan

The truth is that the agreement with Steward was a joke. After Vitals, the Maltese government should have taken the hospitals back. The fact that they did...

The truth is that the agreement with Steward was a...

Matthew Vella

Former MaltaToday executive editor Matthew Vella: 'The Times report is incorrect in giving alleged criminal Darren Debono a platform for his spin on a...

Former MaltaToday executive editor Matthew...

When bystanders choose to take a photo of what is probably the victim’s most vulnerable moment, they are making a conscious decision to souvenir an event...

When bystanders choose to take a photo of what is probably...

What happened to Andrea Prudente and why the truth matters

Isabel Stabile

Andrea Prudente should have been offered this option. Instead, her doctors...

Andrea Prudente should have been offered this option....

About time, too. Labour needed a good kick in the arse...

Raphael Vassallo

And if the Steward-Vitals ruling even comes into it, at all: it is chiefly...

And if the Steward-Vitals ruling even comes into it, at...

A misconception of truly ‘Ġgantic’ proportions...

Raphael Vassallo

They’re being ‘strong with the weak, and weak with the...

They’re being ‘strong with the weak, and weak...

Michael Falzon

The Constitutional provisions on broadcasting must be updated to reflect the difference between the legal obligations of the state-owned public broadcasting...

The Constitutional provisions on broadcasting must be...

Now the numbers have got serious for Robert Abela

Saviour Balzan

Everyone knows that the blame for this deal is Joseph Muscat, but Abela should...

Everyone knows that the blame for this deal is Joseph...

Stop calling women superheroes. We’re simply human

Josanne Cassar

Every woman (and person for that matter) has her own unique challenges: some...

Every woman (and person for that matter) has her own unique...

Residential property market and mortgage lending – current state of play | Kenneth Farrugia, Gordon Cordina

BOV believes that at the current juncture, the stable risk profile of its mortgage loans and the ample liquidity, do not warrant any changes in the home loan...

BOV believes that at the current juncture, the stable risk...

Let’s decide for the future, not vice-versa | Clayton Bartolo

We need to improve, do more, and keep our eyes on the ball. Above all we need...

We need to improve, do more, and keep our eyes on the ball....