Grinding to a halt
Monday, 2 May 2016, 10:24
Last update: about 10 years ago
Labour has now replied with a massive crowd to the two PN protests held over the past weeks. Each soundbite by one side is being replied with a soundbite on the other. Each allegation by one...
The Malta Independent editorial: The reshuffle that wasn’t
Sunday, 1 May 2016, 09:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Whatever gloss or spin the government may attempt to apply to this week’s so-called Cabinet reshuffle, it was anything but a reshuffle as far as what was very clearly required of the Prime...
Part-privatisation: Not much left to sell after Air Malta
Saturday, 30 April 2016, 10:08
Last update: about 10 years ago
The airline industry around the world is changing and changing fast. Carriers are banding together to pool resources as well as take of and landing slots in a bid to alleviate the burden of costs and...
MFSA: Do not air your dirty laundry on Facebook
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 09:43
Last update: about 10 years ago
The expression used to be "airing one's dirty laundry in public". Yet times have changed and technology has morphed the world as we know it, and the old adage has given rise to the term "airing one's...
The sorry spectacle rolls on
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 10:12
Last update: about 10 years ago
The general public may well think that the Panama Papers issue is well-night driven into the ground and dead, and that the situation in the country has rather calmed down. But wonders never...
Sunday politics: A bit of comic relief
Monday, 25 April 2016, 11:46
Last update: about 10 years ago
As political rhetoric reached ever higher crescendos yesterday, Valletta was treated to a little bit of comic relief from Zaren Bonnici, known as Zaren tal-Ajkla. Zaren took to his cherry picker...
Modernising the way we vote: a few suggestions
Sunday, 24 April 2016, 09:27
Last update: about 10 years ago
With our single transferrable voting system, we are unique in Malta in that we have one of the most complicated vote counting processes on the face of the Earth. That process takes days on end and, at...
COP21: A deal to save the planet
Saturday, 23 April 2016, 09:49
Last update: about 10 years ago
The United Nations yesterday convened for a session where up to 170 countries were expected to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate. It is also quite apt that the event took place on Earth...