Money cannot fix everything, sometimes you need real solutions
Josanne Cassar
If one wants to really dissect this budget, it is actually an admission that Malta has become so exorbitantly expensive that without the government’s help, most people...
The tax paradox, a fragile model and a message of comfort
JP Fabri
The government’s optimism rests on the conviction that Malta’s economy has matured into a self-sustaining growth model powered by an expanding workforce and resilient...
Governance, corruption and misuse of office
Mark Said

Our government might be honest, but it is certainly inefficient because narrow...

Our government might be honest, but it is certainly...

How to win an election, without even bothering to campaign
Raphael Vassallo

Love him or hate him, Lowell has proven to be by far the most successful...

Love him or hate him, Lowell has proven to be by far the...

Off with a whimper
Michael Falzon

Did the Prime Minister expect her to drag things to finalise her conclusions after 8 June? Would that not have been indirect political interference, by the...

Did the Prime Minister expect her to drag things to...

Empty seats, student apathy and some ridiculous candidates - welcome to the MEP elections
Josanne Cassar

The level of interest among the student population in these elections for the European Parliament is clearly hovering near zero

The level of interest among the student population in these...

Apocalypse now!
Saviour Balzan

That tsunami may well be bigger than we could have ever imagined, especially if former prime minister Joseph Muscat is treated in the same way as other...

That tsunami may well be bigger than we could have ever...

Not if, but when and how: Considerations for the euthanasia debate | Christian Colombo, Joanna Onions

A regime which must include carefully scrutinised safeguards, and strict rules which both guide and protect patients, medical professionals, and families

A regime which must include carefully scrutinised...

Fr Marc Andre Camilleri has a problem… very much of his own making | Frank Camilleri

I think this idea of commercialising such a historic and magnificent monument is too hard to accept as being realistic and not some fantasy of the mind

I think this idea of commercialising such a historic and...

May Day relish | Claudette Abela Baldacchino

May Day, however, is not merely an occasion to celebrate the past. Paying...

May Day, however, is not merely an occasion to celebrate...

What the Tsavo lions can teach us about our construction industry
Raphael Vassallo

The same old ‘exploitation’ issues that dogged the Tsavo workforce...

The same old ‘exploitation’ issues that dogged...

A teaser in a secular state
Michael Falzon

As for my opinion, I think the Paola parish priest is right and that this issue does not justify any interference from the state

As for my opinion, I think the Paola parish priest is right...

The connection between crime and drug addiction
Josanne Cassar

During a cursory look at the headlines this week, I noticed (not for the first...

During a cursory look at the headlines this week, I noticed...

Pardon the bastards!
Saviour Balzan

Silvio Grixti: The idea of pinning all these illegalities on one person is wrong. Undoubtedly, blame lies first and foremost on the persons who sought the...

Silvio Grixti: The idea of pinning all these illegalities...

Regrettably amateurish
Mark Said

The idea that politicians’ ambition is possibly no longer compatible with pursuing good public policy is disturbing and may be at least partially true,...

The idea that politicians’ ambition is possibly no...

The first collective agreement for the Institute for Education
Marco Bonnici

This is the first collective agreement for IFE and the first agreement signed...

This is the first collective agreement for IFE and the...

In defence of all families

Let us not kid ourselves; these fringe political voices want a traditional society where diversity is shunned and non-conformists silenced. No thank you;...

Let us not kid ourselves; these fringe political voices...

Bringing Air Malta back from the dead… just to watch it die again
Raphael Vassallo

And if that really does prove to be the case: well, do I even need to go on?...

And if that really does prove to be the case: well, do I...

Sheep farms and all that
Michael Falzon

The strengthening of the electricity grid was abandoned for a very long time with the Labour administration concentrating on the provision of power rather than...

The strengthening of the electricity grid was abandoned for...

The farmers’ revolt
Mark Said

The challenges that many European farmers, not least Maltese, faced during the last decades were significant... they contended with economic hardships born out...

The challenges that many European farmers, not least...