Timely interventions on vacant properties
Sunday, 7 February 2016, 10:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Charles Flores
One particular aspect that has stood out in Joseph Muscat's political career since when he was emerging as a top-class journalist inside the raging volcano that a political newsroom anywhere can...
Pro-business takes a dive
Saturday, 6 February 2016, 09:31
Last update: about 12 years ago
Rachel Borg
Knowing what you have to do to sustain a thriving economy and doing it are two different things. One the one hand you need to be inclusive and very sensitive to reality and potential, to nurture...
Look! Another rabbit out of the hat
Friday, 5 February 2016, 15:53
Last update: about 12 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
The week following Michael Falzon’s appearance on Xarabank has brought frenzy to the Castille cauldron in which political strategy simmers and boils. The NAO report was already a huge blow...
What a mess
Friday, 5 February 2016, 09:43
Last update: about 12 years ago
Stephen Calleja
If it’s not a scandal involving property dealings, then it’s a questionable appointment. This government is in the news for the wrong reasons every day. Just when you think that there...
Mafia and two politicians
Friday, 5 February 2016, 07:54
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Last week the Gaffarena scandal took a new twist when Dr Simon Busuttil labelled it ‘Mafia from Castille’, and assessed that the NAO's report is ‘a Mafia Story’. Labour...
Notes from a Prickly Pear Republic
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 11:35
Last update: about 12 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The government has continued with its practice of appointing cronies to public office and calling it feminism and ‘equality’ because they are women. The latest two are Go plc’s...
On being saintly
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 07:45
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
Having spent quite a number of years in the political trenches attacking the incredibly bad governance and worse of the PN in government, and in the process becoming a hate figure, I am shocked at the...
Faces behind bars
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 09:20
Last update: about 12 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
I visited people at Corradino Correctional Facility (CCF) innumerable times over the years. I have been to the male and female divisions and also the young people’s sections both when...
Corruption erodes people’s quality of life
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Comparisons are odious, but there is no other instrument to measure the trust rating between the leading political parties, their respective leaders and their style of leadership. Surveys...