Justice must be seen to be done
As the latest Enemalta scandal unfolds, there is an increasing danger of losing sight of what really happened in the mad scramble to apportion or deflect...
As the latest Enemalta scandal unfolds, there is an...
A loss for the people?
The next President should be able to offer a social, reconciliatory hand and straddle the political divide as a unifying figurehead, embracing an understanding...
The next President should be able to offer a social,...
No waivers on ethics
Franco Mercieca should make his plans for the immediate future clear
Franco Mercieca should make his plans for the immediate...
A legion of small fry
The government is claiming to have advice from the Attorney General that what so many consumers and businesses did in paying the perpetrators of the rigged...
The government is claiming to have advice from the Attorney...
Politics of perception
The results of our survey about the popularity of Cabinet ministers make for interesting and occasionally surprising reading.
The results of our survey about the popularity of Cabinet...
No one is above the law
The UN said Church rules are not in conformity with provisions relating to children's rights to be protected against discrimination, violence and all forms of...
The UN said Church rules are not in conformity with...
A long overdue step in the right direction
A system of state funding may go some distance towards addressing an apparently...
A system of state funding may go some distance towards...
Some citizens are more equal
The revised IIP scheme launched last Thursday may have satisfied the European Commission, but one of the main bones of contention has been left unaddressed.
The revised IIP scheme launched last Thursday may have...
Putting Church and State asunder
Ordinary citizens fully concur with the need for a separation between ecclesiastical and government affairs
Ordinary citizens fully concur with the need for a...
Governing in prose
If there was a lesson to be learnt from recent events, it would be that Muscat and his government should stop believing their own hype
If there was a lesson to be learnt from recent events, it...
Addicted to politics
The choice of next President may provide an opportunity to begin a ‘detox’ process to address the country’s burgeoning political addiction.
The choice of next President may provide an opportunity to...
Protecting the most basic principles of democracy
MaltaToday will further undertake all legal courses of action available, should...
MaltaToday will further undertake all legal courses of...
The tip of a judicial iceberg
Placed in the context of a steadily deteriorating public perception of the justice system, the Farrugia Sacco case heavily underscores the most basic problems...
Placed in the context of a steadily deteriorating public...
Poor arguments for a poverty debate
By vehemently opposing what is as yet only a possibility, the Chamber of Commerce betrays an impulse to shoot down the discussion before it even gets off the...
By vehemently opposing what is as yet only a possibility,...
Echoes of a political crisis
The ongoing discussion on same-sex unions, and in particular on the adoption of children by same-sex couples, seems to be taking an inauspicious turn.
The ongoing discussion on same-sex unions, and in...
A bus we can’t afford to miss
Malta’s brief experience with an international public transport operator may not have been a major success, but there is much to learn from it if the service...
Malta’s brief experience with an international public...
A year of change. Or was it?
2013 was a memorable year for a number of reasons. It witnessed the historic resignation of a pope, and a successor who seems to have already radically altered...
2013 was a memorable year for a number of reasons. It...
Annus horribilis for the justice system
The events of this week may well be the last straw that broke the camel’s back, at least with regard to the public credibility of a justice system that has...
The events of this week may well be the last straw that...