What a scandal! 50,000 non-Maltese
Sunday, 22 January 2023, 08:07
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
That was, if I can be permitted to say so, a scandal-mongering of a header – “There are 50,000 non-Maltese on the island”. In itself it was not much of a story – it...
Putting culture into our future
Friday, 20 January 2023, 08:43
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
What do the renovation projects which transformed the former Old Abattoir (now operating as the Valletta Design Cluster), Fort St Angelo and Fort St Elmo, the Auberge d’Italie (now operating as...
They rise and stick
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 07:55
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
Prime Minister Robert Abela correctly highlighted how some businesses might be taking advantage of the current inflationary situation to up the prices of their products needlessly, or to increase...
The Ombudsman and Standards Commissioner deadlock
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 07:34
Last update: about 5 years ago
Michael Briguglio
The controversy surrounding the appointment of a new Ombudsman and a Standards Commissioner smells more of partisan entrenchment than constructive politics. Neither major political party should...
Removing the stain
Monday, 16 January 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
Members of the group of socialists and democrats in the European Parliament face the problem of how they’re going to remove the stain which they have had to carry as a result of the Qatar...
A defective anti-deadlock mechanism for the Standards Commissioner
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 09:52
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
By means of Bill No. 34 of 27 December 2022, the Standards in Public Life (Amendment) Act, 2022, government is proposing to the House of Representatives the addition of an anti-deadlock mechanism to...
New year, new routines
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 09:45
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mary Muscat
The beginning of January saw the change in the household litter collection system and a new police uniform. It takes some significant adjustment to alter such the public’s staple images and...
How voters elect serial fabricators
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 08:49
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
We half expect politicians to lie but we don’t expect them to lie about everything. We don’t expect them to invent their entire lives. Maybe we should. Because George Santos, a newly...
To Labourites
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 08:47
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Who doesn’t remember Joseph Muscat and his Amazing Rainbow-Colour Dreamcoat? It was more or less ten years ago when the Burmarrad Wonderboy mesmerised the nation. He promised a Brave New...
A nuclear reactor in Sicily?
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 07:51
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
During the recent 2022 electoral campaign, the issue of nuclear energy in neighbouring Italy has resurfaced in the political debate. Matteo Salvini, currently Minister for the Infrastructure and...