Reforming the party should have come before yesterday’s election
Sunday, 3 September 2017, 10:30
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
When yesterday's election had not even been announced, I had written that it would be far better if the party reformed its structures before any election was held. As we know, no notice was taken...
Russian roulette at Pietà
Sunday, 3 September 2017, 09:45
Last update: about 8 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Introducing new blood into politics will not necessarily translate into a change for the better in the way in which it is conducted in Malta. It may well signify a backward step through the...
From now on, please scrutinise your own candidates
Sunday, 3 September 2017, 09:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
This column had to be written before last night's Nationalist Party leadership electoral result was out, so it's not going to be about the outcome and it's not going to speculate about the outcome...
Soul mates
Saturday, 2 September 2017, 09:11
Last update: about 8 years ago
Rachel Borg
All we need are a few red roses and a romantic weekend break at a wine estate in Sicily to complete this pathetic picture of lovers seeking their soul mate on Tinder. Find a complete...
Permanent revolution
Friday, 1 September 2017, 11:34
Last update: about 8 years ago
Adrian Delia
The Nationalist Party’s councillors will tomorrow cast their vote as to who they prefer to lead the party in the next five years. On them rests the responsibility to send two candidates to the...
The race between friends
Friday, 1 September 2017, 08:17
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alex Muscat
The PN leadership race will have important consequences for our country, especially when one of the hopefuls may possibly be the next Prime Minister. The contest itself is purely an internal...
More women needed in politics
Friday, 1 September 2017, 08:14
Last update: about 8 years ago
Miriam Dalli
Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said that more women are needed to participate in politics. She said that the representation of women in Parliament did not grow following the last election, and more...
That leadership election
Thursday, 31 August 2017, 10:36
Last update: about 8 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
People in the media, and all of us reading and listening to us, thought we would have a relatively calm summer after the chaos and pressure of the unexpected general election campaign in May. Instead...
Animal welfare
Thursday, 31 August 2017, 07:37
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
Maltese people, we’ve been told, are well known for their love of animals. Yes and no. You meet people who seem to haveonly dogs, rabbits and cats as their immediate family, really their...
After Wednesday’s earthquake: civil defence
Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 09:43
Last update: about 8 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
On Wednesday an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was reported in the Maltese Islands. As far as we are aware, no damage was caused, yet it would is appropriate to consider a number of...