Chris Fearne was a victim but it’s Labour’s sleaze that is to blame
Joseph Muscat and his coterie played with fire, got burnt and in the process unleashed hell on the Maltese State. The victims of this wicked and corrupt game were many, not least...
MPs need to step up if they are serious about fighting financial crime
For the past couple of years we have been witnessing a saga through which hefty penalties issued by the Financial Investigations and Analysis Unit (FIAU) are being struck down by...
More reason to take justice reform seriously

The Maltese courts that adopt draconian measures when it comes to foreign...

The Maltese courts that adopt draconian measures when it...

Nothing to declare

If Malta wishes to abide by the conditions it accepted when ratifying the UN convention against corruption, the annual declaration of assets must be upgraded...

If Malta wishes to abide by the conditions it accepted when...

Same problem, different ‘solution’

One would like to think that MPs on either side of the House are above the temptation to avail of their powers and privileges in order to favour their own...

One would like to think that MPs on either side of the...

It’s about more than numbers

Speaking about unsustainable numbers means automatically that the government has a limit in mind; Muscat should come clean, therefore, and say what he thinks...

Speaking about unsustainable numbers means automatically...

Migration: Fuelling the flames

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has clearly divided Labour’s previously impregnable support base.

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has...

Governments are not above the law

Muscat's cavalier disregard for human rights is not the sort of thing one associates with the sort of country many of us would like to see Malta evolving into;...

Muscat's cavalier disregard for human rights is not the...

The source of the matter

The European Convention on Human Rights has been entrenched in Malta’s constitution since 1987, yet in 2013, Malta still lacks some very basic and...

The European Convention on Human Rights has been entrenched...

All cards on the table, please

The Bahamas, like Switzerland, enjoys a reputation as a haven for precisely such undisclosed bank accounts and dubious transactions. This does not exactly help...

The Bahamas, like Switzerland, enjoys a reputation as a...

A question of consistency

Transparency and accountability were major planks in the Labour Party’s election campaign. Now that Muscat is prime minister, he must hold his own government...

Transparency and accountability were major planks in the...

PBS needs an earthquake

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has promised another ‘earthquake of change’. Given the degree to which his earlier, identical promise (in 2008) was ignored by...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has promised another...

Good governance thrown over the bridge

The OPM did not confirm whether it was aware that China Communications Construction Company was blacklisted before MaltaToday revealed this yesterday.

The OPM did not confirm whether it was aware that China...

His first hundred days

The first hundred days of any administration traditionally constitute a litmus test.

The first hundred days of any administration traditionally...

A very predictable pickle

In a sense, the entire issue surrounding Franco Mercieca and the ‘limited waiver’ reads like the chronicle of a fiasco foretold.

In a sense, the entire issue surrounding Franco Mercieca...

No ordinary whitewash

What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN report seems to suggest, is to ensure fair representation for all internal voices within the party...

What is needed to prevent further fragmentation, the PN...

Two wrongs don’t make a right

Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to account. How can the opposition properly fulfil this role, if its own members are numbered among the...

Part of the opposition’s job is to hold the executive to...

The budget that cried wolf

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral ‘auction sale’, the same criticism will have to be levelled at today’s government for failing to...

If the PN was chastised for embarking on an electoral...

Red light yes, green light no

Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to close a very evident legal loophole, which among other things has resulted in the waste of considerable...

Minister Mallia cannot shrug off his responsibility to...

Defending the mess made by others

If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous administration’s failure to pursue their matter in court, how can he justify his own government’s failure to...

If Mizzi is himself criticising the previous...