Why Joseph Muscat wants more foreign workers.
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 08:41
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“The island’s economy is definitely reliant on foreign workers,” the disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat declared. “…. I hope we don’t go down the way...
The developing scandal: beyond the obvious
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 08:39
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
On 20 December 2021 the media informed us that Labour MP Silvio Grixti was resigning his Parliamentary seat. The reason for his resignation was not clear. It was however understood to be connected to...
Apocalypse
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 07:40
Last update: about 4 years ago
Noel Grima
It was coming our way but in the last moment it veered off. The people of Derna, a seaside town near Benghazi, got the brunt. What followed was Apocalypse. As I write, we are nowhere near knowing...
Reinvention
Friday, 15 September 2023, 08:15
Last update: about 4 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Malta is currently experiencing a crossroad moment in the cultural scene. Following the Covid pandemic, the sector is fully in the process of consolidating and in some ways, reinventing itself....
The Maltese anthem
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
I disagree with proposals that have been made to somehow change the Maltese national anthem. The music is of high quality as a modest and dignified hymn, appropriate for a very small country....
Youth and old age
Monday, 11 September 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
When you’re young you feel that all those who happen to be older have become out of date and are endeavouring to dominate young people with their antiquated beliefs and customs. Inevitably you...
Owen’s abuse of power galore
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 08:51
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
One of the main ingredients of Robert Abela’s unofficial Cabinet approved policy of misrule of law is abuse of power. Another is arrogance. In today’s contribution I deal with a...
Why won’t Labour do the right thing?
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 08:50
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Cassar
EU Reporter, a Brussels based website, has reported that allegations that had been made about Chris Fearne and his aide Carmen Ciantar were a “fundamental forgery”. And yet Fearne’s...
Reading into disability fraud
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 08:34
Last update: about 4 years ago
Mary Muscat
As this unbelievable trail of fraud cases unfolds, the parents of truly disabled persons have so many unanswered questions. Especially carers of the severely disabled children, young and middle-aged....
The Muscat-Abela Revolution: the evil that men do
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 08:27
Last update: about 4 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
One significant difference between Joseph Muscat and Robert Abela is that the former tried his hand at political philosophy while the latter keeps limiting himself to platitudes. For instance, in...