A budget not for the middle class? | Daniel Attard
While this budget heralds numerous improvements in social security benefits for low-income individuals, alongside a significant rise in the minimum wage, it also offers...
The writing is on the wall | Marco Bonnici
The writing is on the wall and it is up to all educators in State and Church schools to make the required pressure en masse through participation in industrial action to obtain...
Look how successful I am! | Daniel Xerri

If such personifications of the ‘I don’t give a f*ck about the law’ attitude are allowed to continue roaming the streets, persist with...

If such personifications of the ‘I don’t give a...

Time-lapse intervention
Julia Farrugia Portelli

It’s been an emotional journey for me. Getting Cabinet approval for the Maltese Thalidomide survivors is yet another much-needed social intervention, in...

It’s been an emotional journey for me. Getting...

Abuse in sports silences our champions | Chris Bonett

It is clear that the problem of abuse in sport is real, but pan-European action...

It is clear that the problem of abuse in sport is real, but...

Whose side is the Film Commission on, anyway? ‘Commodus’, or ‘Maximus Decimus Meridius’?
Raphael Vassallo

Above all, however, one would expect the Malta Film Commission to also wade directly into the issue at hand... by telling us, for instance, where it actually...

Above all, however, one would expect the Malta Film...

The mother of all PR disasters...
Raphael Vassallo

Robert Abela should really have had enough political acumen, of his own, to pre-emptively guage how the public would react to his decisions

Robert Abela should really have had enough political...

Populism on the decline
Michael Falzon

With Labour’s populist cry on the decline and with the average voter being more dissatisfied with the current administration as time goes on, the PN...

With Labour’s populist cry on the decline and with...

When a Prime Minister fails to ‘read the room’
Josanne Cassar

The more Robert Abela vehemently claimed that he has nothing to hide and that...

The more Robert Abela vehemently claimed that he has...

The determination of a grieving mother
Saviour Balzan

The single-handed campaign of one grieving mother has stalled Robert Abela’s ascendancy 

The single-handed campaign of one grieving mother has...

Youth: Caricatured as the blame and the solution | Valerie Visanich

There has been an increase in the tone of voice of discontent amongst youth on...

There has been an increase in the tone of voice of...

A third political party winner? | Mark Said

Building a major new party in Malta is not impossible. Indeed, if we stand back...

Building a major new party in Malta is not impossible....

Maybe Jesus should just get himself another ‘parrot’...
Raphael Vassallo

But, oh well. All it really means, ultimately, is that Gordon John manche...

But, oh well. All it really means, ultimately, is that...

Malta’s film ‘industry’
Michael Falzon

In other words whether the bait is more expensive than the fish that it will catch is a question that can only be answered in the future

In other words whether the bait is more expensive than the...

‘There’s a rat in San Anton, what are we gonna do?’
Raphael Vassallo

I’ve been visiting that place, every once in a while, for the better part...

I’ve been visiting that place, every once in a while,...

The poverty debate: defining what makes one poor
Josanne Cassar

You have people who are comfortable, with enough disposable income to eat out...

You have people who are comfortable, with enough disposable...

Switch off syndrome
Saviour Balzan

There is little interest in what is happening and everyone, it seems, is geared into doing nothing but having a damn good time

There is little interest in what is happening and everyone,...

Endorsing the sustainable development goals
Alex Agius Saliba

I believe that if back in 2016 all countries, including Malta, agreed on...

I believe that if back in 2016 all countries, including...

Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded | Joseph Downing

Successive governments have used policing to control the population to prevent political turmoil, eroding the legitimacy of law enforcement along the way

Successive governments have used policing to control the...

Historic U-turn
Michael Falzon

Robert Abela had no choice but to practically withdraw the original proposals by heavily diluting the effects of the Bill in order to avoid a political crisis...

Robert Abela had no choice but to practically withdraw the...