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Bernard Grech, the purveyor of fake news | Naomi Cachia

The problem with the PN is that its credibility is so low that people can easily see through it, and this latest attempt to resort to fake news is backfiring on the Opposition...

[WATCH] 25 years of MaltaToday

Saviour Balzan

MaltaToday started being published on this day, 25 years ago. It started off as a weekly newspaper published on a Friday. Saviour Balzan reminisces about a quarter of a century of...

Raphael Vassallo

The government considers law enforcement to be an impossible pipe-dream when applied to construction and development

The government considers law enforcement to be an...

Saviour Balzan

Politicians need to start talking about vision and convince themselves that winning elections is not the most important thing that counts

Politicians need to start talking about vision and convince...

The future of Maltese TV in the Internet age

Josanne Cassar

As happened with newspapers and print journalism, the direction in which TV is...

As happened with newspapers and print journalism, the...

Josanne Cassar

Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a microcosm of life – because nothing else can prepares you for dealing with all types of people and...

Schooling can be an often bumpy path, but it is also a...

What’s ‘public’ about public broadcasting, anyway?

Raphael Vassallo

Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people trust PBS more than...

Audience ratings have repeatedly confirmed that most people...

Evarist Bartolo

Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen whole new towns appear before our eyes and grow into communities

Times have changed, and from the 1970s onwards we have seen...

Michael Falzon

With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom, the number of problems with tenants not abiding by their tenancy agreement is bound to increase

With the Maltese rental market in an unprecedented boom,...

Raphael Vassallo

We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where neither government...

We are gradually revealing ourselves to be a country where...

Saviour Balzan

The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all classes and is her or his own wo/man

The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all...

Warring parents, the damage to kids is done

Josanne Cassar

I don’t think either the mother or the father has a monopoly on what...

I don’t think either the mother or the father has a...

After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures imposed on EU countries to overcome this crisis, the principle that drives political forces is no...

After the latest economic crisis and the austerity measures...

Labour – bad governance and all – is winning the strategic game

Michael Briguglio

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many things can happen before...

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many...

The ERA’s credibility is at stake: it must appeal Townsquare or shut up shop

James Debono

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by the demerger law, it may well close its offices and reduce its staff complement to a secretary with...

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by...

‘PC bitchslap’ is no hero. The police need better training

Josanne Cassar

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of lopsided...

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of...

Raphael Vassallo

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the change. The sentiment is perhaps best expressed by a car-sticker that seems to have become popular over...

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the...

English language teaching, a success story

Evarist Bartolo

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone pillar and a niche...

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone...

Literary and book circles are disappointed at cutbacks in shelving space

Mark Camilleri

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with any cutback in shelving space available in the market, especially in a prime location such as the...

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with...

Strasbourg’s death knell to defamatory libel

Kevin Aquilina

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure that the criminal law...

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure...