Reminisces of a former public prosecutor (part 1)
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:21
Last update: about 2 years ago
Mark Said
Being retired now and obviously having more time on my hands than I could ever find in my heydays as a practicing lawyer, I am enjoying the luxury of catching up on reading a plethora of books and...
Incompetence rules
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:20
Last update: about 2 years ago
Noel Grima
So they finally admitted their own incompetence and they did it in the worst possible way. After the social media had been inundated with photos of tourists peeing in a garage entry across the...
State of the happy nation: tal-biki
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:19
Last update: about 2 years ago
Victor Calleja
The title of this article breaks a sacred rule: don't use Maltese in an article written in English. But rules are there to be broken, and in Malta the rule now is: shatter all rules as no one really...
A gem in the Capital
Friday, 25 July 2025, 08:07
Last update: about 2 years ago
Owen Bonnici
At the heart of our capital city, Valletta, is the Grand Master's Palace, a gem of a building with an illustrious history. You must have walked in front of it countless times but may never...
Three items worthy of note
Friday, 25 July 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 2 years ago
Mark Said
I refer to the recent public statements made by both the Kamra tal-Periti (KTP) and the Chamber of Geologists whereby, concerning the Paceville collapse site, the latter had expressed its grave...
European finances
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 2 years ago
Alfred Sant
In its proposals for the European budgets covering 2028 - 2034, the European Commission has envisaged a substantial increase in EU expenditures. To account for this, it has referenced the priorities...
The PN battles its own nonsense
Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 07:35
Last update: about 2 years ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
The Nationalist Party stands at a crossroads. Its leadership election should inspire fresh energy and new ideas, yet the rulebook issued lately by its Electoral Commission tells a different story. The...
Restaurants
Monday, 21 July 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 2 years ago
Alfred Sant
The report published recently by the association of restaurants, the ACE, surveying what diners out in Maltese restaurants think about the service they get was very interesting. Most of all in the...
Chambray vs Manoel Island: Twin fortresses, diverging fates
Sunday, 20 July 2025, 10:56
Last update: about 2 years ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
As Gozitan sunlight touches Fort Chambray's ramparts, this limestone structure above Mġarr Harbour - a silent witness to three centuries of activity, from past skirmishes to modern development -...
Standards in Public Life: deconstructing the Commissioner’s decision
Sunday, 20 July 2025, 10:54
Last update: about 2 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
On Tuesday I received by electronic mail a copy of the decision of the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life relative to a complaint I had submitted on the 8 January 2025. My complaint dealt with...