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Let’s go for specialised courts

Mark Said

Our judges, one must remark, have always been versatile and always proved themselves to have the ability to address a range of specialist matters. One must therefore be wary of...

Mercury Rising: Artwashing through real estate | Gabriel Zammit

Reputation laundering via cultural projects is not a new move for Portelli. He has had himself painted into a festa banner as St John the Evangelist in Nadur and bought the...

If you really want to ‘change the status quo’… why vote to maintain it?

Raphael Vassallo

We all know what the actual issue underpinning General Elections 2022 really is. We all know that it ultimately boils down to nothing more...

We all know what the actual issue underpinning General...

Quattro amici al bar... thinking about that Saturday vote

Saviour Balzan

“I want a party that will respect my intelligence, protect this country...

“I want a party that will respect my intelligence,...

Peter Agius

Unless those in the lead have the competence and the commitment to bring over new growth, this country is on the path to decline

Unless those in the lead have the competence and the...

A hunting season, for an endangered bird? Sorry, but that’s just too much

Raphael Vassallo

I mean, come on. What does it really tell us, about their respective credentials as a potential ‘party-in-government’… if not exactly the...

I mean, come on. What does it really tell us, about their...

Michael Falzon

The staggering amount of Labour voters who believe Labour has nothing to apologise for, follows the way of thinking of the unrepentant thief – the...

The staggering amount of Labour voters who believe Labour...

The grim legacy of 90s Russia and Putin’s rise

Raisa Galea

Considering that the country is ‘back to the 90s’, albeit without...

Considering that the country is ‘back to the...

A nerd’s guide to voting in the 2022 General Elections

Mark Camilleri Gambin

Voting in the General Elections is a tricky business. Use your ballot sheet to...

Voting in the General Elections is a tricky business. Use...

The distribution of multiple cheques to every household by the Labour government on the eve of the general election is more than abusing the power of incumbency

The distribution of multiple cheques to every household by...

That is what happens when you take voters for granted

Josanne Cassar

While they may be a minority, there are many decent people out there whose main...

While they may be a minority, there are many decent people...

Saviour Balzan

Malta’s weak environmental and planning policies are too problematic to ignore

Malta’s weak environmental and planning policies are...

We need a change in direction | Christian Micallef

Christian Micallef is a Nationalist candidate on the 1st district

Christian Micallef is a Nationalist candidate on the 1st...

Miriam Dalli

We want to sway board decisions towards prioritising green and environmental business projects over conventional and unsustainable ones

We want to sway board decisions towards prioritising green...

Bernard Grech

Let’s have the courage to change direction, to say ‘that’s enough, we want something better’

Let’s have the courage to change direction, to say...

What reality do you want to wake up to next Sunday?

Emma Portelli Bonnici

There is only one question that really matters in the end – what do you...

There is only one question that really matters in the end...

Cannabis law still reflects discriminatory practices | Andrew Bonello

Releaf president Andrew Bonello | Parts of the new law continue to reflect...

Releaf president Andrew Bonello | Parts of the new law...

Looks like Tonio Fenech’s ‘arlogg tal-lira’ is still ticking away in the background…

Raphael Vassallo

Just by attending that event, and accepting the hospitality so lavishingly bestowed upon him by that one lobby-group… Robert Abela has sent out a very...

Just by attending that event, and accepting the hospitality...

Abortion law: as clear as mud | Gilbert Gravino

Gilbert Gravino | The criminal code does not make it clear which...

Gilbert Gravino | The criminal code does not make it...

To be competitive, Malta must go to the EU and level out the playing field | Norman Aquilina

Norman Aquilina, chief executive Farsons Group | Until we level out the playing field within the European single market, mainland manufacturers run...

Norman Aquilina, chief executive Farsons Group | Until...