The real King of Lands
Sunday, 24 January 2016, 11:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The moniker King of Lands passed into popular parlance some months ago when Michael Falzon’s questionable ‘customer care officer’, Clint Scerri, used it to describe himself on...
The EX – Factor
Saturday, 23 January 2016, 09:18
Last update: about 11 years ago
Rachel Borg
The day that a political party would have really made changes to Malta is that day when we start to not care about politics. Corruption, scandal, resignations, rivalries, lies, libels,...
Swamp of sleaze
Friday, 22 January 2016, 10:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Another week, another scandal. Another resignation. I write this column every week and, each time, I find myself asking, “How low can this government go?” Well, looks like...
Depopulation and climate change
Friday, 22 January 2016, 08:04
Last update: about 11 years ago
Simon Mercieca
The current news is the resignation of Michael Falzon from parliamentary secretary following the Gaffarena scandal. I will be taking up this story in my next blog, as events are still unfolding, since...
Journalists and sources
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 14:37
Last update: about 11 years ago
Stephen Calleja
For a lawyer to demand that a journalist reveals the source behind the publication of a story is obscene. For this lawyer to demand such an obscenity when representing a Labour government minister in...
Falzon and Muscat: no surprises there
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 10:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
So Michael Falzon is the fall guy, as he was set up to be all along. Yes, he should have resigned – and in effect, he didn’t, but had the Prime Minister sack him instead. But then the...
Has economic growth taken off at last?
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 07:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alfred Sant
A new optimism is prevailing in Europe regarding the prospects for economic growth. It is hard to say precisely why this is so, since one cannot claim that economic growth prospects are strong, even...
Surveys and reassurances
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 10:54
Last update: about 11 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
I am pretty sure that both sets of party strategists are rubbing their hands after the recent polls conducted and published by Malta Today. From whichever angle you interpret the outcomes they...
Silent trade unions
Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 14:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Not so long ago, under a Nationalist administration, trade unions were very active in showing their disagreement each time something that negatively affected their members came up. Spearheaded by the...
Buying black gold with gold
Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 11:17
Last update: about 11 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Unfortunately, Malta, as yet, is not a producer of black gold. Various attempts were made by different administrations to tap this resource. From time to time oil exploration missions were...