Interior Minister Byron Camilleri must resign – for real this time
Sunday, 2 March 2025, 08:08
Last update: about 3 years ago
Darren Carabott
I find absolutely no pleasure in writing articles like this one, however I feel duty bound to comment about the sorry situation our Interior Ministry finds itself in, under the current leadership. In...
From Cuba to Ukraine
Sunday, 2 March 2025, 08:07
Last update: about 3 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The war resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine will hopefully be shortly over. Too many lives have been lost. A country shattered. Resources have been squandered. They could have easily...
An amalgamation of powers
Sunday, 2 March 2025, 07:25
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
Separating the executive from the legislature and the judiciary safeguards democracy and is the hallmark of a society governed by the rule of law. Yet, recent examples of subtle and...
The very Maltese drug heist
Sunday, 2 March 2025, 07:16
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
In any other country the announcement that 226 kg of cannabis being kept under security at an army base had gone missing would have had people out on the streets in no time at all. You would...
The vital role of culture
Friday, 28 February 2025, 11:01
Last update: about 3 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Last Sunday, Prime Minister Robert Abela and I met a healthy group of artists, creatives and cultural managers to discuss the role of our traditions in the shaping up of our identity. I couldn't be...
Resignation
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri did well to offer his resignation following the theft of cannabis from an Army depot. Perhaps it would have been better had he resigned. After all, at Labour we...
The issues with bail
Monday, 24 February 2025, 10:18
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
A few weeks ago, the granting of bail to Yorgen Fenech, accused of multiple counts of serious crimes, posed the problem of avoiding liberal bail when there is reason to fear absconding or further...
The Western alliance
Monday, 24 February 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
The Western Alliance was created during the Second World War on the basis of the close relationship that existed between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin...
Malta’s Raskolnikov
Sunday, 23 February 2025, 08:49
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Cassar
The young student lawyer was a nobody. But he was fascinated by power. He thought himself a modern day Napoleon who could break the laws and make new ones to suit him better. He thought he was...
Serving kant and toasts
Sunday, 23 February 2025, 08:42
Last update: about 3 years ago
Valerie Visanich
This is not an article on wine and light snacks. Nor on whether we are served well by music or food trucks. I am mainly fascinated by the power of viralability in our lives today, shaping decisions...