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Gozo’s vote-buying payroll: Pay without work, cost to taxpayers

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 08:09 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo greets dawn with mislaid 'timing in sheets' to be filled in late during the day at various government departments. By the time the cathedral bells strike ten, many workers who "signed in" now...

The unconscious bias of our judiciary

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 07:21 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Fairness is a fundamental tenet of Maltese law. Yet, despite substantial work to address issues of fairness, public scepticism that we receive consistently fair and equal treatment in Maltese courts...

Scapegoating or joining the bandwagon

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 07:13 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

It was in 1990 that I first came in contact with Manoel Island and its complexity. Before that this boy from Hamrun had simply no incentive to venture there. Those who were older spoke about...

Ħamrun, Strasbourg, Valletta and London

Friday, 6 June 2025, 09:50 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

It has been a hectic week of work and travel but an enjoyable one indeed. On Sunday, I was in Ħamrun to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Labour Party Headquarters.  On Monday, I was in...

Constitutional changes

Thursday, 5 June 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

I am one of those who remain unconvinced that this country needs some radical reform of its constitution, as is frequently stated by some people. They argue that the constitution was written in times...

Musk and quick-fix politics

Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 08:32 Last update: about 2 years ago Michael Briguglio

It was only a matter of time before Elon Musk and Donald Trump would fall out. Their partnership in power lasted four months, and the tangible impacts of his DOGE initiatives may take time to be seen....

Summer of tourism

Monday, 2 June 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

So long as an unexpected huge crisis does not arise, this summer should deliver record results  for Malta's tourism, both by way of arrivals and the money that gets spent here. Naturally one...

Recycled stories

Sunday, 1 June 2025, 09:04 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

On the third of May the United Nations celebrated World Press Freedom Day.  That same week Malta witnessed gruesome testimony in court describing how Daphne Caruana Galizia was barbarically...

Bookings, queues, and Brussels: A pivotal month for Gozo

Sunday, 1 June 2025, 09:02 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo embraced May with queues in two dimensions. On Comino at dawn on the first day of the month, wardens lifted scanners, read QR codes from holiday-makers' phones and handed out colour-coded...

The genocide in Gaza

Sunday, 1 June 2025, 08:37 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The ongoing genocide in Gaza, while most of the world watches, is horrendous. There is no doubt in anybody's mind that the state of Israel is after the complete extermination of the Palestinian...

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