Josanne Cassar

On boats, luxuries and a tone deaf PM

July 19, 2026 | No comments

As people continue to quibble about what the Prime Minister Robert Abela said or didn’t say in his interview with the Times, what it really boils down to is the message being conveyed behind his words.

Now that we know the numbers, will anything change?

July 13, 2026 | No comments

We did not really need to have it spelt out for us that we have a large foreign population, because every catering establishment, every supermarket, every care home, every construction site and every bus stop with queues of patient commuters remind us of this every day.

Are these real solutions or just knee-jerk reactions to public criticism?

July 5, 2026 | No comments

f you had to take an unscientific poll about the major concern of the Maltese people I’m pretty sure that “over-population” would come out on top. What most mean by this, of course, are the “barranin” i.e foreigners, or more specifically Third Country Nationals who come here for work.

Even with the gender corrective mechanism, the real barriers for women in politics will persist

June 29, 2026 | No comments

I watched the debate between Deborah Schembri and Nickie Vella de Fremeaux regarding the necessity of the gender corrective mechanism.

On boats, luxuries and a tone deaf PM

Now that we know the numbers, will anything change?

Are these real solutions or just knee-jerk reactions to public criticism?

Even with the gender corrective mechanism, the real barriers for women in politics will persist

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