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Stop waiting for the metro: Fix the buses we already have

James Debono

We’re told the metro will solve everything… in 20 years. But what about those of us crammed on buses today?

The PN's environment private member’s bill | Lino C. Farrugia

Was this bill a gift from the PN to extremist groups and individuals, who could use it much more easily and cheaply instead of a referendum?

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...

Authenticity in the face of AI: adapting to disruption

Mark Camilleri Gambin

As our creative works can now be truly auto-generated and auto-corrected, what...

As our creative works can now be truly auto-generated and...

Drug use, checking, and human rights | Karen Mamo

Already socio-economic poor and marginalised communities are further pushed...

Already socio-economic poor and marginalised communities...

Michael Falzon

This does not mean that the May election necessarily signals the end of Erdogan. The Opposition is fractured and there is still no significant unifying leader...

This does not mean that the May election necessarily...

Raphael Vassallo

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of ‘encouraging’ that same warped belief… by giving it more importance (and credence), than...

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of...

Surveys, margins of error and misplaced frustration: the thoughts of an armchair critic

Kurt Sansone

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should be interpreted was misplaced because the problem the PN faces is not how it reads the numbers but...

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should...

Work and school should not come before public safety

Josanne Cassar

Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law and order or pulling...

Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law...

Why wait for a ‘Maltese Macron’… when you can be one yourself?

Raphael Vassallo

In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese political situation...

In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese...

Michael Falzon

Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always find their degree of punishment reduced by whoever is judge when the case is appealed?

Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always...

Child denied abortion after uncle’s rape: it could also happen in Malta

James Debono

But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply conservative country like Poland further exposes Malta’s international isolation

But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply...

Raphael Vassallo

I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist Bartolo – who, let’s face it, depend exclusively on ‘voter-participation in...

I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist...

Where do we draw the line at cancel culture?

Josanne Cassar

Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can get out of control to...

Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can...

Enough of the green light and more red cards please

Saviour Balzan

For once, the world of sports – the kind that is gaining a spine and a...

For once, the world of sports – the kind that is...