Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

Heatwaves, an overloaded electricity grid and power cuts: Is this the new abnormal?

July 24, 2023 | No comments

When you are slumped in sweltering heat inside your own home during a power cut in what is described as “38 degrees but feels like 42” but actually feels like an inferno, you tend to care very little about why or how you have no electricity. You just want it back on, NOW.

When a Prime Minister fails to “read the room”

July 17, 2023 | No comments

A grieving mother is asking for a public inquiry to be held about the tragic death of her son at a construction site.

The poverty debate: defining what makes one poor

July 11, 2023 | No comments

This column first appeared on Malta Today When it comes to the issue of poverty, the two main parties have […]

Understanding the Love Island Malta phenomenon

July 4, 2023 | No comments

Right upfront I am going to start with a disclaimer: I didn’t watch a single episode of Love Island Malta.

Titan tragedy: Why the schadenfreude just because they were billionaires?

June 27, 2023 | No comments

t is not always easy to understand (or agree with) how the public reacts to certain news.

A week of weirdness

June 20, 2023 | No comments

Sometimes a week comes along when everything you see online just makes you say, huh?

Was it Team Malta… or Team “whoever can get us the most medals”?

June 13, 2023 | No comments

The issue of nationality and sports is a hot topic which has been swirling around the Small Nations Games (GSSE) for weeks.

Our athletes excelled – despite the promised sports facilities which were never built

June 5, 2023 | No comments

The GSSE (Games of the Small States of Europe) have just been wrapped up, with Malta as the host nation for this edition. And what a thrilling edition it was.

When enough people are thoroughly fed up, maybe things will start to change

May 30, 2023 | No comments

Saturday’s national protest calling for development planning reform, was given the apt name “Xebbajtuna” (We’re fed up of you).

We did not sign up for this

May 22, 2023 | No comments

Every five years, the Maltese electorate casts its vote and elects a political party into office because, well…someone has to run the country.