An island falling apart
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 09:53
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“We have a culture of impunity - impunity is entrenched, systemic and goes from top to bottom. Those at the very top show blatant disregard and contempt for the rule of law. They...
Of Schengen, Cowboys, Pillow, and Pirates
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 09:50
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Dear Editor, This week I want to write about chaos – chaos in Malta’s application of Schengen, chaos in permits, grammatical chaos – but somehow I hesitate. Because whereas the...
Ethical pluralism: the next steps
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 08:37
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Malta’s divorce referendum in 2011 reinforced ethical pluralism in the Maltese islands. The intensive debate on civil rights, IVF and abortion are a direct result of the divorce referendum....
Will they heed the warning signs?
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 07:52
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
This past week has been characterised, in my opinion, by at least two significant statements by two prominent and long-standing icons of the Labour Party, Manwel Cuschieri and Jason...
Change
Friday, 17 June 2022, 07:42
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Change does not come about easily. It is the result of hard work, commitment, and courage. It is also the result of determination and a vision based on a belief that a better reality and a...
Rocks in the shadow
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
New buildings are being allowed to climb high so they can throw their shadow everywhere. This reminds me of a play written long ago by my friend Lino Farrugia, titled “Rocks without...
Reflecting on neutrality
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 08:35
Last update: about 5 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
The success of Malta’s future neutrality policy will depend, to a large extent, on the wisdom and prudence of its politicians. In periods of great turmoil, as the one we are experiencing now,...
Not looking good
Monday, 13 June 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
Stories about how court cases are being processed and about police investigations or their lack, arouse disquiet beyond the political controversies they give rise to. Especially if little to no...
Evarist’s secrets
Sunday, 12 June 2022, 10:15
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“Are the Labour and Nationalist Parties looking into why so many of their erstwhile voters are so disenchanted?”, Evarist Bartolo, former Labour Education minister wrote in an opinion...
Transport Malta: incompetence or collusion?
Sunday, 12 June 2022, 09:06
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Throughout the past days the media has revealed a second-hand car racket as a result of which some of the used cars imported from Japan had their mileage meters tampered with. This was done in order...