Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

We need dignity and substance in politics, not PR stunts

September 16, 2025 | No comments

A reel was doing the rounds this week of the Prime Minister’s wife Lydia Abela who was invited for an interview with Ricky Caruana on his podcast.

This was not just about some gravel

September 9, 2025 | No comments

When couples always end up squabbling about the same old issues week after week, year after year and sometimes decades after decades, it is never just about what the argument is ostensibly about. It is never about the rubbish which is not taken out, or the cap not put back on the toothpaste, or whose turn it is to make dinner.

If everything is celebrated as a milestone, then real milestones become meaningless

September 5, 2025 | No comments

t’s always fascinating to me how we latch on to the latest trends and embrace them with such fervour that they eclipse everything else which is really important . I’m not quite sure where these frivolous fads started, although many point their fingers at the States, which could very well be the case.

No more drinks for me – I’m driving

August 18, 2025 | No comments

In all my years of attending social events, parties, weddings, receptions, dinners, clubs, bars, you name it, I have rarely heard the phrase, “no more drinks for me, because I’m driving”.

A Harrods spending spree …and so many unanswered questions

August 11, 2025 | No comments

Last week I suggested a few things the PN should do if it wants to get elected.

Does the PN want to be elected? Here’s what it has to do…

August 6, 2025 | No comments

You can guffaw all you like, but it’s the only way. We do not need any more construction, whether it is for more blocks of butt ugly flats, more hotels, expanding the footprint of existing developments or taking over more ODZ land. Just stop. And if anyone has their fingers itching to build something, they can just buy a set of Lego blocks.

Anarchy, chaos and mayhem – is this the Malta we want?

July 30, 2025 | No comments

When politicians start grasping around for the issues which will hit home and make voters sit up and take notice before casting their vote, I always find that they miss what is sitting right under their nose.

Peace of mind is wealth

July 22, 2025 | No comments

I love reading people’s life stories, because I learn something every day which makes me stop and think.

The crucial message being conveyed by young athletes about mental health

July 14, 2025 | No comments

By the time you read this, we will know whether young Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisova has won the prestigious title at the age of 23.

The myths, the fallacies and the kernels of truth about the TCN workforce

July 9, 2025 | No comments

A recent report by this newspaper entitled “Lives shattered on the altar of greed: A glimpse into Malta’s slave labour” painted a grim, very bleak picture of what some third country nationals (TCNs) are experiencing in today’s Malta.