Labour’s strategy - personal attacks
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 08:12
Last update: about 12 months ago
Kevin Cassar
Robert Abela hired Neville Gafa, a man notorious for his toxic blog, a perennial spring of offence, insults and threats. Gafa even targeted ministers in Abela's own cabinet. Previously Gafa gained...
Labour’s blueprint for social mobility – What the budget delivers
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 08:07
Last update: about 12 months ago
Katya De Giovanni
Budget 2026 has been presented as a social budget, with a long list of measures aimed at families, pensioners, persons with disability and low- to middle-income households. Beyond the speeches and...
Gozo: A courtroom in the schoolyard
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 08:06
Last update: about 12 months ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
The Downtown Hotel in Victoria awaits its next chapter. The government now wants to convert this hotel - owned by construction magnate Joseph Portelli, a man whose business circles often overlap with...
Is housing for all possible?
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 12 months ago
Frans Camilleri
Skyrocketing house prices and rents in Europe risk making housing unaffordable in many countries. There is alarm about the broader implications of the housing crisis, such that Eurofound has...
Video killed the radio star
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:58
Last update: about 12 months ago
Valerie Visanich
It's hardly the first-time technology has been cast as the villain. Just rewind to the 1980s and ask The Terminator. Back in 1984, we were already imagining a robot hitman sent from 2029...
The new PN leadership: A new dawn for Maltese politics?
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:57
Last update: about 12 months ago
Mark Said
The meeting between Prime Minister Robert Abela and newly elected PN leader Alex Borg at Labour headquarters appeared quite odd and surprising at a time of unparalleled political polarisation in...
The property market: the collateral damage of the Dubai model
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:55
Last update: about 12 months ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Earlier this week I was present at the property conference and listened to what various stakeholders had to say in view of the latest edition of the KPMG Property Report commissioned annually by the...
Auto-enrolment: Governance and accountability that earns trust
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:52
Last update: about 12 months ago
David Spiteri Gingell
Auto-Enrolment is a system. Systems do not succeed on intention. They succeed on discipline, competence, and accountability. Malta's AE framework must apply the highest standards to how decisions are...
A child playing with fire
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:42
Last update: about 12 months ago
Noel Grima
His predecessor resigned reportedly after a negative opinion poll. Alex Borg did not come out well from the two opinion polls that were published in the past two weeks. They were the first...
Revitalising the arts
Friday, 28 November 2025, 08:28
Last update: about 12 months ago
Owen Bonnici
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Arts Council Malta has launched an unprecedented initiative that has been well-received by local artists and the public alike. RETOLD is an initiative that...