Compromised by big business
Saviour Balzan
‘Labour’s answer to being more social and greener is through the token politics of creating miniscule gardens tucked in between unsavoury building complexes. A way of...
Union membership: a right or a duty?
Mark Said
Not long ago, the main reason behind the call for mandatory union membership used to be to find a solution to the problem of ‘free-riding’, namely the enjoyment of...
Positions of trust: a  constitutional quagmire
Kevin Aquilina

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure that...

The PSC concluded that mechanisms need to be put in place...

It dangles by a thread
Frank Psaila

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician that plays it and has devastating effects on the country and its people

Populism is a sordid game which weakens every politician...

The travails of Maltese justice
Michael Falzon

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission finalised its recommendations, most of them are gathering dust

Two and a half years after the Justice Reform Commission...

It’s not a ban, and it’s not abortion, either
Raphael Vassallo

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning after pill’ is not...

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning...

Confused? Just a little bit
Saviour Balzan

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce vocations and experience. Can NGOs afford to be so dispersed, so fragmented and unfocused?

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce...

The morning after the night before
Josanne Cassar

Many women are already practising some form of birth control from the Pill to the coil to asking the man to use a condom – all methods used to prevent...

Many women are already practising some form of birth...

Celebrating World Refugee Day
G. Kathleen Hill

America’s history and the facts show that immigrants are a net plus for our economy and our society

America’s history and the facts show that immigrants...

You’d better beLEAVE it…
Raphael Vassallo

If Britain pulls out of the EU, humanity as a whole would eventually be driven underground… to make a last, valiant but ultimately futile stand against...

If Britain pulls out of the EU, humanity as a whole would...

Hatred is ultimately linked to ignorance
Josanne Cassar

Those applauding Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric do not see beyond his anti-immigrant rhetoric and fail to connect the dots that his hate speech is...

Those applauding Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric do not...

National Book Prize | Celebrating our authors
Mark Camilleri

Local writers are becoming more prolific and their work is becoming even more...

Local writers are becoming more prolific and their work is...

Protecting us from ourselves
Evarist Bartolo

We have to work hard at behaving ethically in our public duty

We have to work hard at behaving ethically in our public...

It’s Konrad Mizzi in the dock, not Malta
Roberta Metsola

The fact that Konrad Mizzi was the only sitting EU Minister exposed in the...

The fact that Konrad Mizzi was the only sitting EU Minister...

Do we have a right not to be offended?
Michael Falzon

Our Courts had been interpreting our libel laws in a way that ignored the media’s right and obligation to expose what is in the public interest and what...

Our Courts had been interpreting our libel laws in a way...

Without radical reform, the two-thirds vote on ODZ is just posturing
Matthew Vella

I doubt that a two-thirds vote on ODZ projects would add any more scrutiny...

I doubt that a two-thirds vote on ODZ projects would add...

[WATCH] The press cannot be trusted if it does not verify facts
Saviour Balzan

It’s not that the media is under attack; if the press serves a political...

It’s not that the media is under attack; if the press...

Two is company
Saviour Balzan

Politics needs free thinkers, and Marlene Farrugia has given people the chance to dream for a short time that this country will not be represented only by...

Politics needs free thinkers, and Marlene Farrugia has...

Girls must deal with an increasingly sexualised world
Josanne Cassar

We cannot ignore the fact that there is a very real connection between the...

We cannot ignore the fact that there is a very real...

High-rise: the debate must include all of us
Saviour Balzan

Can Malta really stand the impact of intensive high-rise development? And will...

Can Malta really stand the impact of intensive high-rise...