Let there be light
Michael Falzon
From the Auditor General’s report on Enemalta, it results that the company has, for quite a number of years, consistently not managed to invest in the maintenance and...
The heat is on
Tonio Fenech
The fact is that Enemalta is riddled with a lack of planning and secrecy. There is no transparency on how the millions of subsidies are being spent, while the investment in...
The face of change
Ryan Callus

Having spent almost two years at the helm of the party, Simon Busuttil is slowly, but persistently, succeeding in re-establishing the Nationalist Party to...

Having spent almost two years at the helm of the party,...

Hunting has flown beyond the parties’ reach
Raphael Vassallo

Just about everything that happened in connection with hunting in the last 20...

Just about everything that happened in connection with...

Muscat, the comeback kid
Josanne Cassar

Trying to decipher just why this particular PM manages to survive one political crisis after another, my conclusion is simple: it’s because the economy...

Trying to decipher just why this particular PM manages to...


The people’s referendum

Frank Psaila


April’s referendum is a litmus test for environmental groups and civil society. They cannot afford to fail.


April’s referendum is a litmus test for...

Simon the irrelevant?
James Debono

Simon Busuttil’s cautiousness on the hunting referendum may condemn him to irrelevance. In politics calculating politicians are often rewarded. But...

Simon Busuttil’s cautiousness on the hunting...

Efforts to improve positive employment trend
Evarist Bartolo

Through a collective effort, by offering incentives to the business community...

Through a collective effort, by offering incentives to the...

Yes, but no, but yes, but no…
Raphael Vassallo

Unaccountably, not a single one of this collective mass of indispensable intelligence and foresight even noticed that they had approved two conflicting...

Unaccountably, not a single one of this collective mass of...

In tribute to Charlie

By Andrew Heslop

By Andrew Heslop

Full-time MPs? No, thanks!
Michael Falzon

MPs that are government backbenchers or opposition members have the important role of keeping in touch with the people. Making them full-time employees of the...

MPs that are government backbenchers or opposition members...

Busuttil proved he is the undisputed leader of the PN
Frank Psaila

Only time will tell whether Busuttil’s decision was a wise move, but...

Only time will tell whether Busuttil’s decision was a...

Diversity and the freedom of interpretation
John Baldacchino

Discussions are raised as to whether offensive material is equivalent to...

Discussions are raised as to whether offensive material is...

‘Je suis Charlie?’, eh? You’re under arrest…
Raphael Vassallo

Last Wednesday’s attack has also turned up the pressure valve insofar as...

Last Wednesday’s attack has also turned up the...

Nous sommes une mauvaise imitation de Charlie Hebdo*
Saviour Balzan

If Charlie Hebdo were published in Malta it would have been sued and taken to...

If Charlie Hebdo were published in Malta it would have been...

After Paris, now what?
Josanne Cassar

It is easy to fall into despair and hopelessness that nothing can be done to stem it, but idealistic as it may sound, the millions who marched in France...

It is easy to fall into despair and hopelessness that...

[WATCH] Voters will do what our governments have not done
Saviour Balzan

SAVIOUR BALZAN's videoblog: the referendum will allow voters to finally...

SAVIOUR BALZAN's videoblog: the referendum will allow...

Teachers and LSAs help children become more independent
Beasts and Titanium Men: the year ahead for Merlin
Chris Gruppetta

New and established authors were the cornerstone of Merlin Publishers’s...

New and established authors were the cornerstone of Merlin...

Crazy little thing called ‘football’
Raphael Vassallo

Ched Evans is hardly the first ‘bad-boy’ footballer to make headlines for all the wrong reasons, you know. In what way was Diego Armando Maradona a...

Ched Evans is hardly the first ‘bad-boy’...