What if?
Saviour Balzan
I do not know many of the people who have been charged with criminal wrongdoing following the Vitals inquiry by Magistrate Gabriella Vella...
A wish list resulting from the Sofia inquiry
Mark Said
Although the Sofia public inquiry conclusions shone a spotlight on construction safety (actually the total lack of it) in Malta, I heavily suspect that workers will still deem...
Dear Austin... I am livid
James Debono

Dear minister, lowering standards to make up for the route fuck-up is not on and erodes the most positive aspect of the reform.

Dear minister, lowering standards to make up for the route...

Reflections  on a vote foretold
James Debono

Nobody can escape the fundamental truth that Austin Gatt is still in government because of the speaker’s casting vote.

Nobody can escape the fundamental truth that Austin Gatt...

Yellow Pages, a broken computer and a €220 million BWSC contract
Evarist Bartolo

Last Tuesday and Wednesday we had nearly eight hours of hearings by the...

Last Tuesday and Wednesday we had nearly eight hours of...

Ego Malta
Saviour Balzan

When it comes to the crunch, MPs make a lot of noise but they never ever clutch their proverbial balls and cross the line.

When it comes to the crunch, MPs make a lot of noise but...

Chamber of advocates pushing for lawyers register
Saviour Balzan

The Chamber of Advocates is proposing the establishment of a register for...

The Chamber of Advocates is proposing the establishment of...

The truth about MaltaToday
Saviour Balzan

Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz once said ‘war is the continuation of politics by other means’.

Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz once said...

Dear Austin... I am livid
James Debono

Dear minister, lowering standards to make up for the route fuck-up is not on and erodes the most positive aspect of the reform.

Dear minister, lowering standards to make up for the...

MaltaToday publishes letter Sunday Times editor refused to carry
Saviour Balzan

Steve Mallia is who is already facing criminal libel ignores his obligations...

Steve Mallia is who is already facing criminal libel...

The truth about MaltaToday
Saviour Balzan

Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz once said ‘war is the continuation of politics by other means’.

Prussian military theorist Carl...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Managing Editor Saviour Balzan talks about the editorial against MaltaToday appearing in last Sunday’s issue of The Sunday Times and says...

Managing Editor Saviour Balzan talks about the editorial...

Not just hot air...
James Debono

Beyond the hot air generated by the current media circus, there is one issue whose outcome will generate polluted air, albeit this time of a much more real...

Beyond the hot air generated by the current media circus,...

Who is setting the agenda?
Carmen Sammut

People are not entirely gullible. Most of us are fully capable to digest what they hear in the news and in television programmes. Those with sharper...

People are not entirely gullible. Most of us are fully...

Bias in broadcasting
James Debono

Neutral presenters are a figment of the imagination. What we need on public television is a wider spectrum of journalists with different styles and...

Neutral presenters are a figment of the imagination. What...

PBS: New puppets, old strings?
Caroline Muscat

Public trust is the rating that should matter most to PBS as a public organisation that uses public funds.

Public trust is the rating that should matter most to PBS...

Opportunities from the economic crisis
Michael Briguglio

Time has come for banks and financial institutions to carry part of the burden of the economic crisis, especially when they received help from public funds...

Time has come for banks and financial institutions to...

Atheism is not news
Raphael Vassallo

If you know you’re going to be pilloried by the press for declaring your godlessness… aren’t you a lot likelier to just shut up?

If you know you’re going to be pilloried by the...

Good for Garett
Saviour Balzan

It must be exciting to see that a student’s outburst at University leads to such much media attention and concealed ovation (apart from the traditional...

It must be exciting to see that a student’s...

A Bush moment for Gatt
James Debono

University was always home turf for Nationalist Ministers. By calling Austin Gatt a “fucking wanker” during a public event, Ms Abela Garrett has...

University was always home turf for Nationalist...