Secrets and lies
Malta has cooked itself up a maelstrom of explosive ingredients
Malta has cooked itself up a maelstrom of explosive...
Safeguarding both health and economy is possible, and doable
Recent experience suggests that it is perfectly possible – and indeed,...
Recent experience suggests that it is perfectly possible...
The bar has been raised, but not high enough
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s first priority must be to take the...
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s first priority must be...
Abela moves from words into action: Konrad Mizzi gets the boot
Mizzi flung down the gauntlet, and defied Abela’s explicit marching...
Mizzi flung down the gauntlet, and defied...
Full closure. From Panama onwards
Cleary, in the most silent of ways, other people must have profited along with Fenech. The question is, who?
Cleary, in the most silent of ways, other people must have...
Too little, but not too late
Naturally, one does not expect Abela to do the probing and investigating himself; but he should give a clear sign that what he expects from the police is a...
Naturally, one does not expect Abela to do the probing and...
Abela must act to restore Malta’s reputation
Robert Abela may have promised a degree of ‘continuity’ from...
Robert Abela may have promised a degree of...
Coronavirus economic recovery plan: achieving normality
Discipline and vigilance will remain important as we go forward to ensure the...
Discipline and vigilance will remain important as we go...
Confronting the skeletons of the recent past
Polls showing that Abela enjoys even greater support...
Polls showing that Abela enjoys even greater...
The crisis is over, but recovery is just beginning
That is the only way business will survive and come out of this situation in a...
That is the only way business will survive and come out of...
Malta must work towards a solution, too
The government must sooner or later start questioning whether its policy in holding migrants out at sea is really serving the national interest
The government must sooner or later start questioning...
A time for preparation, not celebration
We need to have a plan B which is firmly in place to cater for possible second wave: including a widespread campaign to encourage people to take the influenza...
We need to have a plan B which is firmly in place to cater...
A cautious, disciplined re-opening
Any rushed re-opening would be ill-advised; as is any consideration of the re-opening of travel corridors for the time being
Any rushed re-opening would be ill-advised; as is any...
Upping the game in financial regulation
The determination and personality of the new Commissioner of Police will be crucial to improving authorities’ image on dealing with financial crime
The determination and personality of the new Commissioner...
Malta's next Police Commissioner faces a daunting task
This level of public scrutiny is something our national institutions have...
This level of public scrutiny is something our national...
Malta has managed the crisis well… but at a cost
It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers that be in...
It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers...
A culture of normalised hate-speech
It is also undeniable that this barrage of inflammatory hate-speech is at its most severe when the topic of discussion is migration: revealing a level of...
It is also undeniable that this barrage of inflammatory...