You want it darker
Saviour Balzan
Inside Labour, there is a real fear that they could lose to Bernard Grech, not because the PN is better than the PL, but simply because people are tired of Labour and all its...
Leading with purpose, peace, and progress | Ian Borg
As we navigate an increasingly complex world, Malta’s diplomatic strategy must evolve to embrace new opportunities and address emerging challenges, including the responsible...
Teachers deserve much better
Evarist Bartolo

Schools are often the 'melting pot of society', that face the wrath of a culmination of societal issues...

Schools are often the 'melting pot of society',...

People don’t have opinions, they have parties
Michael Falzon

People have a difficulty in understanding the implications of the word...

People have a difficulty in understanding the implications...

If you want to ‘Occupy Castille’... win an election
Raphael Vassallo

Taken literally, 'Occupy Castille' is a rallying cry to overthrow a...

Taken literally, 'Occupy Castille' is a rallying...

Freedom to offend? Tony tests the waters
Josanne Cassar

You see, that’s the thing with free speech; it’s a two way street even when the tune being played does not sit well with your own music score

You see, that’s the thing with free speech;...

What matters counts
Saviour Balzan

Beyond Daphne, the sad truth is that there are few veteran journalists working with independent houses who have not been pushed into a corner and reduced to...

Beyond Daphne, the sad truth is that there are few veteran...

This will never end
Josanne Cassar

A call for unity does not translate into standing behind the Government 'even when it fails us, and even when it is wrong'

A call for unity does not translate into standing behind...

The ‘universe Daphne created’
Raphael Vassallo

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana Galizia's writing increasingly came to echo an underlying malaise we all know to be true, yet rarely confront:...

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana...

Politicians cannot reopen old wounds
Alex Sciberras

We need our leaders not just to find the solution to our ills, but to also remind us of our humanity and compassion at times of collective grief and crisis

We need our leaders not just to find the solution to our...

Our faith in the institutions
Malcolm Mifsud

The fact there is so much mistrust in the institutions has turned into the Prime Minister’s main headache. Calling for us to unite behind them, when he...

The fact there is so much mistrust in the institutions has...

Upholding human decency
Evarist Bartolo

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an affront to the liberties and freedoms we all hold dear, as long as we are not selective in our definition...

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an...

Malta isn’t working
Frank Psaila

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others wanted her dead. Politicians, across the political divides, despised her

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others...

No bombs can condition democracy
Mark Camilleri

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any other journalist or writer, would ever have been executed

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any...

Why I am flummoxed
Michael Falzon

I have never felt so flummoxed, so sad and as sorry for my country as I have felt these last few days

I have never felt so flummoxed, so sad and as sorry for my...

Controversial in life, controversial in death
Josanne Cassar

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was the final blow to stop her from...

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was the final blow to...

Where do we go from here?
Saviour Balzan

I, like so many others, was outraged by the vicious assassination. When I received the news from a police source that Daphne Caruana Galizia had been bombed, I...

I, like so many others, was outraged by the vicious...

Execution of a controversial, bold and irreverent Maltese journalist
Matthew Vella

LONG READ | Daphne Caruana Galizia elicited mixed feelings in her admirers,...

LONG READ | Daphne Caruana Galizia elicited mixed feelings...

Sometimes, less is more
Josanne Cassar

Like the rest of the country, I reacted to the news that Daphne Caruana Galizia had been murdered in sheer disbelief

Like the rest of the country, I reacted to the news that...

When hell broke loose
Saviour Balzan

What happened on Monday afternoon in Bidnija was simply reprehensible and tragic

What happened on Monday afternoon in Bidnija was simply...