This is my final opinion article before the general election. Today week, it is a silent day - a concept that, in the world of social media, has become somewhat of a dischordant sound to put it mildly...

Maltese publishers are right to feel that compared to other sectors of cultural production in Malta, they are not being given the support they deserve. Independently of how one evaluates their...

The power of incumbency always comes to the fore whenever a general election is approaching. Incumbents abusing power in the context of elections is a long-standing problem, one where little has...

This week, Malta's education ministry declared a "historic turning point." For the first time on record, the country's rate of early school leavers has dropped below the EU average. The figure,...

No doubt it is old age which allows one to realise how in our times, public and private styles of speech and behaviour in every day life have increasingly become much ruder. The change happened the...

On 6 November 2025 at a tombola buffet breakfast at Paradise Bay Hotel, former Minister Clayton Bartolo addressed his loyal supporters gathered for his campaign event. "If you hear somebody asking...

The Various Revenue Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 - Act No XXX of 2025 - a recently enacted law, raises grave criminal justice sentencing policy issues. If A commits the crimes of, say, forgery of...

Our political parties have been engaged for two weeks in an orgy of tax-cutting proposals.  So far, I have seen no explanation for how this revenue will be replaced, assuming that the fiscal...

The Labour Party chooses a smart slogan once every five years. In 2013 they marched into Castille with 'Malta Taghna Lkoll.' 'L-Aqwa Żmien' was still ringing in our ears when they returned in...

The debate around social policy in Malta often becomes trapped in short-term calculations. Yet some measures deserve to be viewed not simply as electoral promises, but as long-term investments in the...