Editorial - Coalition: PN rents out space on its ballot sheet
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 10:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
These are exciting times indeed. After a massive electoral victory the size of which no one ever imagined in tribal Malta and after a socialist party morphed into a post-soviet capitalist government,...
Editorial: Multiple ID cards - Identity crisis
Monday, 10 April 2017, 11:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
The crisis at Identity Malta highlighted by this newsroom, when we published a set of leaked documents which were first branded as fake news by the Prime Minister but later declared as authentic by...
Editorial: Konrad Mizzi - Audit answers please
Sunday, 9 April 2017, 09:15
Last update: about 11 years ago
We may appear to be somewhat pedantic about Konrad Mizzi’s second audit that has not been published and which the minister and his ministry have been reticent answering questions about it. But...
Editorial: Gozo drugs inquiry - What is the PM waiting for?
Saturday, 8 April 2017, 09:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
The government has not yet published the Gozo drugs inquiry report, despite the document having been handed to the PM as early as Tuesday. The inquiry, led by lawyer John Vassallo, was tasked...
Editorial: Real-life mothers of sorrow
Friday, 7 April 2017, 10:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Today’s editorial is inspired by the picture on the front page (above) – a photo of a young Somali mother cradling her undernourished child. The child is clearly in pain. The...
Going to town with a €8m surplus
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 09:54
Last update: about 11 years ago
The announcement last week that Malta's public finances have risen from a perennial deficit situation to a small (€8 million) surplus must have pleased all Maltese of goodwill. There had...
Editorial: Dancing with the surplus
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 11:18
Last update: about 11 years ago
Last week, coinciding with the last day of the EPP congress in Malta, the government published statistics that showed that for the first time since 1981, Malta had registered a small - €9 million...
Editorial: Defending a community’s heritage the right way
Monday, 3 April 2017, 10:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
Gzira gets its name from the “island” that lies in its midst – what we have for centuries called Manoel Island. (Before that it was called the Bishop’s island). The Gzira...