Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

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.

Before Euthanasia, can we first talk about the introduction of a living will?

June 24, 2025 | No comments

England and Wales have just passed a Bill which will make assisted dying legal.

The cracks have started to show, in more ways than one

June 18, 2025 | No comments

This last week has hit us with a number of news stories which shook us out of our heatwave-induced lethargy.

No, sex with a minor can never be consensual

June 10, 2025 | No comments

It is no wonder that there is a skewed perception of what constitutes consent by minors. Take a look at this gem of a remark during a religious programme discussing the recent case of a parish priest who was sentenced to 20 months in prison for defiling a15-year-old girl: