Josanne Cassar | Robert Abela

A disrupted conference, pointless hindsight and a slice of pizza

September 27, 2026 | No comments

It is clear that we need more than just street protests to shake this government from its complacency and its smug assumption that people will simply forget about the blatant corruption and move on. A protest will be “tolerated”, and afterwards those who made the effort to show up will go home and, no matter how angry they still are, they inevitably have to resume their lives.

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.

Will we wake up today to the same Malta?

June 1, 2026 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today This week, an expat on a FB group who was trying to understand […]

It’s raining…cash and extravagance

May 3, 2026 | No comments

Did Malta strike oil while no-one was looking?

We’re living in a crazy world

February 24, 2026 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today A Royal prince is arrested on suspicion of misconduct. The sight of (former) […]

Desperately seeking: leaders with integrity

February 6, 2026 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today This week Robert Abela had a golden opportunity to set an example by […]

For someone to buy your vote, you have to be willing to sell it

May 27, 2024 | No comments

In February 2022, just before the general elections which were held a month later, PM Robert Abela made an electoral promise that if the Labour Government were to be re-elected, full-time students who continue to study at post-secondary level, would be receiving a subsidy of €500 a year over a period of three years.

This is a bubbling cauldron which should not be ignored

December 5, 2023 | No comments

Speaking in Parliament recently, PN leader Bernard Grech said, “The population has grown substantially and nearly doubled since 2013,

A disgruntled nation and a smug administration

August 14, 2023 | No comments

In trying to come up with a way to describe the current public mood, I started off with “angry”. Yes, many people are very angry at the state of the nation and it is palpable.

No, it’s not because she is a woman, it’s because she is a Member of Parliament

March 27, 2023 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today Now that everyone has had a chance to smirk, giggle and produce countless […]

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