Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

Tapping into that streak of cruelty in human nature

May 16, 2025 | No comments

Don’t worry, this is not going to be another diatribe against Bajd u Bejkin.

The demise of the golden goose

May 8, 2025 | No comments

After years of trying to justify that it was a legitimate way of bringing in revenue in the form of foreign investment, and that it was the prerogative of a member state, Malta has lost the argument in its defence of its golden passport scheme.

We’ve created a monster..is there any way to tame it?

May 2, 2025 | No comments

This week an old Jeremy Paxman interview came up on my feed of David Bowie speaking about the impact of […]

Advocating for convicted murderers is a double blow for victims’ families

April 21, 2025 | No comments

There are those who regularly advocate for prison reform so that even the most hardened criminals are treated “better”.

Immigrants working here illegally are punished, but what about those who employ them?

April 17, 2025 | No comments

Last weekend, 35 people were arrested who were found to be living and working in Malta illegally, following inspections which are being carried out on a regular basis.

It seems like the joke’s on us

April 9, 2025 | No comments

An April Fools’ Day prank by the University of Malta caused quite a stir when this announcement appeared on its Facebook page on Tuesday morning:

Money for licences, falling balconies and fake IDs

April 4, 2025 | No comments

I’m invariably impressed by how much cash this administration seems to have in its back pockets to throw around.

If we’ve never had it so good…how come Maltese people are unhappy?

March 26, 2025 | No comments

When there is a lot of moaning and groaning among the populace we are often chided that “we’ve never had it so good”.

Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly

March 19, 2025 | No comments

On 7 January, just before Trump took office for his second term, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company would be getting rid of independent fact-checkers to cover Facebook and Instagram because they have become too “politically biased” and because content was being taken down “which should not have been”.

The rich get richer, and the poor voted for them

March 13, 2025 | No comments

I can see a lot of similarities between what Trump is doing and the way the Muscat administration acted the minute it came into office.