Tell it to the marines | Frank Camilleri
For Chris Fearne to plead innocence of facts especially in his position, first as parliamentary secretary for health at the time of the Vitals concession award and later as...
A myth debunked
Michael Falzon
Whoever is responsible for this gaffe must be ferreted out. It must be someone who is such a stupid person that they should have never been nominated as an examiner. Is it...
Delia! Delia! OMG
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan says that Adrian Delia has the gift of the gab; when and if he does win the leadership battle he would have done so on the strength of his...

Saviour Balzan says that Adrian Delia has the gift of the...

Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires
Matthew Bugeja

Continuing the war in Afghanistan is no longer a case of working to achieve victory, but rather, it is about prolonging a stalemate, or at worst, delaying a...

Continuing the war in Afghanistan is no longer a case of...

Integration, political correctness and racism
Josanne Cassar

It is pretty hypocritical of us to speak so scathingly of...

It is pretty hypocritical of us to speak so scathingly of...

‘Reconciliation’, they said. ‘It’s easy’, they said...
Raphael Vassallo

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and platitudes', Malta is a...

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and...

The joy of being a child
Evarist Bartolo

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children to be children. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the...

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children...

Of funds and creativity
Marco Bonnici

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for Education and Employment to discuss the formula used to allocate central funds to State schools. How will...

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for...

The only way is back...
Raphael Vassallo

The leadership election of any party is decided by an internal vote: in this case, 1,500 'party councillors'. What might their priorities be?

The leadership election of any party is decided by an...

… and the winner is, hate
Michael Falzon

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all that drastically or have they remained the same? An inside look into the Daphne Caruana...

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all...

The king is dead, long live the king
Saviour Balzan

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will enforce his autocratic style that goes beyond the rhetoric we have heard. His talk of inclusivity is not...

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will...

After all that fighting, now what?
Josanne Cassar

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party making it sturdy again, can the PN hope to be the truly effective Opposition that the country...

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party...

[WATCH] Why Labour hasn’t criticised Adrian Delia
Saviour Balzan

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan comments...

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor...

Europe is going grey
The Conversation

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact that the share of working people who can provide care to the older persons is shrinking, even as the...

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact...

Let’s bring compassion back
Josanne Cassar

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact it can be side-splittingly hilarious - until the day you wake up and it is suddenly happening to...

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact...

Just beat each other up, and get it over with...
Raphael Vassallo

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how an entire political...

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how...

Beyond the numbers
Evarist Bartolo

Evarist Bartolo writes: We view genders as equals. The laws have changed and a lot of progress followed. Doors opened and we finally live in a situation where...

Evarist Bartolo writes: We view genders as equals. The laws...

Bishop Grech’s inconvenient truth
Frank Psaila

Frank Psaila on Gozo's drug problem: I would have expected the Police Commissioner to issue a statement taking note of what Bishop Grech said

Frank Psaila on Gozo's drug problem: I would have...

What needs to be done

Adrian Delia writes: I feel it is my duty to answer any and all questions thrown at me, however malicious their intent and spurious their content. But I admit...

Adrian Delia writes: I feel it is my duty to answer any and...

Was that a debate or a funeral?
Raphael Vassallo

Raphael Vassallo writes: The whole thing reminded me uncannily of a funeral. That ominous black backdrop clearly didn’t help much – what were they...

Raphael Vassallo writes: The whole thing reminded me...