Securing his future
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:22
Last update: about 13 months ago
Kevin Cassar
Robert Abela has opened the doors and the multi-millionaires have stepped out of the shadows. They're no longer controlling our government from the back room. They're out there in full view,...
Gozo ferry: count vehicles, plug leaks
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:18
Last update: about 13 months ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
Gozo Channel traffic keeps shattering every benchmark the National Statistics Office (NSO) prints, yet government cranes stay parked and quays groan under loads they never met in their design briefs....
Address the state of emergency on our roads
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:17
Last update: about 13 months ago
Darren Carabott
Something happened on our roads this week. Something that should serve as a chilling wake-up call to recognise a state of emergency that needs to be acknowledged in the first place, and most...
Land use planning reform: the contrasting alternatives
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:15
Last update: about 13 months ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The current debate on the changes required to the land use planning system is following two completely different and incompatible paths. The government's chosen path is one which considers the...
One day
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 07:51
Last update: about 13 months ago
Noel Grima
One day, sooner or later, all this will be reversed. "Dream on," I hear you say. If I am wrong, and you are right, that's very bad news for our island. For the processes now raging will...
Reminisces of a former public prosecutor (Part II)
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 07:20
Last update: about 13 months ago
Mark Said
Jurors coming from the general public and all walks of life do not reason through problems and issues the way that lawyers and judges do. That is why I used to diligently hone and maximise my...
A decisive Prime Minister
Friday, 1 August 2025, 09:03
Last update: about 13 months ago
Owen Bonnici
Malta will not be alone in recognising the State of Palestine next September and will be joining another 10 EU member states who have already recognised the State of Palestine. Out of these ten...
The Maltese summer
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 13 months ago
Alfred Sant
A friend who like me also carries the load of many years on his back said: I don't understand why they make all the fuss that has become so widespread, about how hot the weather has become. I always...
The loss of manufcaturing
Monday, 28 July 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 13 months ago
Alfred Sant
If there's one issue about which I sympathise with the aims of the Trump administration in the US, it's the importance Trump attaches to manufacturing industry, both in terms of the national interest...
Helping you kill yourself
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:25
Last update: about 13 months ago
Kevin Cassar
Wednesday 2 July marked the end of the period for public consultation on the possible introduction of assisted suicide, which Labour calls euthanasia. "Numerous", "voluminous" submissions were...