The PN my generation has never known, but is ready to build | Eve Borg Bonello
A political party exists to convert aspirations into reality. Parties that don’t change die
When impunity sounds like ‘fuck you’
Saviour Balzan
Last week, Robert Abela’s administration decided to absolve Ċaqnu of all his sins at Montekristo Estate in return for the paltry fine of €1.8 million.
Only the lonely
Josanne Cassar

In a world where everyone seems happy (just look at their Facebook!). It is the tragedy of this day and age that people prefer to put on a fake smile and...

In a world where everyone seems happy (just look at their...

Chronicle of a riot foretold
Raphael Vassallo

For what it’s worth, this is my conclusion: we are deliberately keeping those people in the same degrading conditions, in order to mount further pressure...

For what it’s worth, this is my conclusion: we are...

Climate change - beyond the empty rhetoric
Ralph Cassar

We do not need shoddy motions or new laws which remain on paper. We need people...

We do not need shoddy motions or new laws which remain on...

A budget for growth and sustainability
Evarist Bartolo

The budget builds on what has been achieved. The strategy of focusing on intensive growth and spending wisely has been very successful in recent years

The budget builds on what has been achieved. The strategy...

The Budget: now and the future
Michael Falzon

It seems that government’s main concern is to keep voters happy while its attitude to the future is the Maltese ‘għada min raħ’ (whoever...

It seems that government’s main concern is to keep...

Opposition movements cannot be built on single issues
Raphael Vassallo

To all those people, then – and not just to Dione Borg – the sight...

To all those people, then – and not just to Dione...

All of us want justice for Daphne
Saviour Balzan

This country has a festering wound that needs treatment. We may not agree with Daphne’s style or politics but we are all behind the need to nail the...

This country has a festering wound that needs...

There’s a lot we can learn from others
Josanne Cassar

We refuse to learn from what has been done in other countries in many sectors, and to avoid their mistakes, because our relatively new independence has made us...

We refuse to learn from what has been done in other...

Homeless and hopeless: Platitudes are not enough
Josanne Cassar

There are a lot of things we have never experienced in Malta before, and yet...

There are a lot of things we have never experienced in...

Manipulation - a challenge today and tomorrow
Evarist Bartolo

As technology continues at a fast pace, society has to make sure it is ready to...

As technology continues at a fast pace, society has to make...

Are trade unions facing a crisis?
Michael Falzon

The rate of increase in union members is out of synch with the rate of increase in employed persons

The rate of increase in union members is out of synch with...

So long, and thanks for all the profits...
Raphael Vassallo

If I were to place a bet on whether HSBC will stay or leave in the next five...

If I were to place a bet on whether HSBC will stay or leave...

The National Writers' Congress: Our strategy
Mark Camilleri

We hope to be much more advanced thanks to the achievements of the Congress,...

We hope to be much more advanced thanks to the achievements...

Consumption of news in the visual age
Josanne Cassar

The reliance on the visual rather than the written is a trend which has grown ever since Smart phones became all the rage

The reliance on the visual rather than the written is a...

The vicious circle of economic migration
Josanne Cassar

As foreigners continue to be spoken of in disparaging terms, and more FB groups claim they want Malta back, and as the authorities insist we need more foreign...

As foreigners continue to be spoken of in disparaging...

Getting all excited about unconfirmed press reports again, are we?
Raphael Vassallo

But let’s not get too lost in speculation. In what seems to be a...

But let’s not get too lost in speculation. In what...

The ghosts of Labour past
Michael Falzon

This is a case where heads must roll. Assurances issued – as an afterthought – by the University Rector are not enough

This is a case where heads must roll. Assurances issued...

Strange things happen to people in job interviews...
Raphael Vassallo

If – with hindsight – Helena Dalli ‘disagreed’ with...

If – with hindsight – Helena Dalli...