Owen’s outrage
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 08:56
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Cassar
On Monday 28 October, the court ordered PBS to stop broadcasting unconstitutional and politically partisan spots in connection with Budget 2025. PBS ignored the court and continued broadcasting...
Gozo’s path to autonomy: Balancing aspirations and realities
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 08:43
Last update: about 3 years ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
Gozo, with its distinct cultural identity, unique history, and geographical separation from Malta, has long been a beacon of resilience and self-determination. For decades, Gozitans have argued that...
Clean up the mess Clayton left behind
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 07:53
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
At the end, the mess called Clayton was too much to leave untackled. The boy-minister left in charge of the sweet shop (and his wife) simply had to go. Those who appointed him always knew...
Tackling violence in our schools
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 07:50
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
We certainly do not have as frequent news of massacres or killings carried out in our colleges and schools as the Americans do. We do, however, have those occasional violent incidents within our...
Is Clayton’s last dance punishment enough?
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 07:49
Last update: about 3 years ago
Victor Calleja
The minister of tourism has resigned so all is fine in the kingdom of this land of fools, charlatans and crooks. Aren't we all just living it up in a dream-like existence where all is glitzily...
Parental alienation: we’re not getting it right
Friday, 29 November 2024, 14:41
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
These last months I've been spending hours on end listening to distraught parents who have been and still are victims of parental alienation and have confided in me what they have been through. What I...
Quality tourists
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
We hear a lot about the aim of attracting quality tourism to the island. However it is not at all clear what is being meant. On various occasions, the ways by which it is described give rise to...
European socialists
Monday, 25 November 2024, 07:53
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
European socialism is not in a good place. True, the governments in the UK and Spain are socialist. But for the rest, socialists seem resigned to being a minority political force, where a few decades...
Clifton’s ensuing action
Sunday, 24 November 2024, 08:38
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Ritianne Borg is the Director General for Educational services within the Ministry for Education. But she's suddenly shot into the limelight after issuing Labour's most shockingly autocratic...
Normalising the unacceptable
Sunday, 24 November 2024, 08:25
Last update: about 3 years ago
Darren Carabott
We are living in truly surreal times. A few weeks back, a senior Minister of the Italian government, one Gennaro Sangiuliano, tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as...