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Honeypot politics

Michael Falzon

Many in their right senses do not believe that Malta can attract cyclists to practise their favourite sport here. But the MTA apparently does and has spent money trying to attract...

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...

Xarabank: The paradox of the programme so many love to hate

Josanne Cassar

For a long time Xarabank was very watchable television. But it entered dubious...

For a long time Xarabank was very watchable television. But...

That’s some ‘protection of human rights’, you know...

Raphael Vassallo

How do 33 people living and working here legally constitute a threat? How does...

How do 33 people living and working here legally constitute...

Peter Apap Bologna

Theresa May has to deal not only with Brexit, but with a new and frightening US President

Theresa May has to deal not only with Brexit, but with a...

Evarist Bartolo

The ultimate aim of this initiative is to strengthen the provision of vocational education in schools through the achievement of the vocational diploma at an...

The ultimate aim of this initiative is to strengthen the...

From the Curia to a brothel and back to Shanghai

Frank Psaila

Both the government and the opposition have promised to remove criminal libel,...

Both the government and the opposition have promised to...

Michael Falzon

Joseph Muscat has a well thought out PR strategy while Simon Busuttil and his team are often falling between two stools. Too often

Joseph Muscat has a well thought out PR strategy while...

Publish and be damned, sue and be damned... either way, you’re damned

Raphael Vassallo

Removing the garnishee order – even in its totality – will not even begin to address the Pandora’s Box that Chris Cardona's case has...

Removing the garnishee order – even in its totality...

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan's Il-Punt • Is the government banking on strong economy hoping it will make up for all its shortcomings? Saviour Balzan takes a look at...

Saviour Balzan's Il-Punt • Is the government...

Josanne Cassar

We are living at a time when the Internet has potentially made anyone a publisher, which may give the illusion that the usual duties, obligations and ethical...

We are living at a time when the Internet has potentially...

Josanne Cassar

This government is suffering from a serious case of lack of credibility, but you won’t see any large-scale manifestations of people waving their...

This government is suffering from a serious case of lack of...

Land of the brave, home of the ‘pastizz’

Raphael Vassallo

Is it down to the nature of our interminable insistence at finding fault with...

Is it down to the nature of our interminable insistence at...

Against the Cardona garnishee. But always in favour of the truth

Matthew Vella

Journalism’s first obligation is towards the truth. Those who cannot...

Journalism’s first obligation is towards the truth....

The Conversation

Andrew Geddes & Luigi Achilli • To save lives and undercut the smugglers regular pathways for people to move across the Mediterranean to Europe are a...

Andrew Geddes & Luigi Achilli • To save lives and...

Evarist Bartolo

We must stop confusing qualifications with skills and competences. You can be qualified and still lack the skills and character to be able to survive in the...

We must stop confusing qualifications with skills and...

Michael Falzon

Apart from the ‘ideology’ embraced by Donald Trump and Steve Bannon, in the political world, there are many interesting parallels to the...

Apart from the ‘ideology’ embraced by Donald...

No money, but plenty of chicks for free...

Raphael Vassallo

Ordinary clients just pay for a private encounter with a prostitute, and...

Ordinary clients just pay for a private encounter with a...

Who really calls the shots in the sex industry?

Josanne Cassar

This is the point often missed by those who advocate for the right of women to...

This is the point often missed by those who advocate for...

Saviour Balzan

The Nationalist Party seems to seek to win the next election with the help of a talented carpenter making coffins for the people she attacks, unhurriedly...

The Nationalist Party seems to seek to win the next...