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Not simply a nomination

Saviour Balzan

Let us remember that when Trump was inaugurated, Borg was one of the few selected foreign dignitaries from Europe invited to attend the ceremony. That does say something

It won’t hurt you to bite your tongue

Josanne Cassar

I’m not going to go into any more details because there are inconsolable, grieving families out there, still coming to terms with their unbearable loss. But I am going to...

Michael Falzon

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor help to avoid - let alone solve -the problems created by the migration phenomenon across the...

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor...

Josanne Cassar

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will still get to your destination... If you are always late and forever rushing then it’s your time...

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will...

Saviour Balzan

All the big talk in 2013 by the Labour administration about addressing these misdemeanours was a whole load of claptrap. Some of the individuals in the oil...

All the big talk in 2013 by the Labour administration about...

Reforming the personal assistance scheme for persons with a disability

Julia Farrugia

In our daily contact with persons with a disabililty and their parents and guardians, we are often reminded of the dilemma facing them when a surviving parent...

In our daily contact with persons with a disabililty and...

Are we are sleepwalking into an educational abyss? | Louis Naudi

Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce possessing these thinking...

Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce...

16-year-olds running the country? Maybe it’s not such a bad idea, after all…

Raphael Vassallo

Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult politicians’, that we vote for in each and every election? No, I didn’t think so,...

Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult...

Our prehistoric past faces another threat | Dawn Adrienne Saliba

Sadly, as the power dynamics currently stand, the voices of the many are...

Sadly, as the power dynamics currently stand, the voices of...

Michael Falzon

For the PN to persuade the majority of the one-third potential ‘abstainers’ to vote for a change in government, it needs to have a popular and...

For the PN to persuade the majority of the one-third...

It’s not ‘whataboutism’, to recognise that there are two sides to any conflict

Raphael Vassallo

Who do people like Roberta Metsola and Ursula von der Leyen think they’re actually ‘representing’, when they speak (so unilaterally)...

Who do people like Roberta Metsola and Ursula von der Leyen...

Abortion change that preserved the status quo | Neil Muscat

In stark contrast, the Diluted Amendment limits the scope of who may access the...

In stark contrast, the Diluted Amendment limits the scope...

Silver economy in Malta: A growing opportunity | Steve Ellul

Like most EU Mediterranean countries, Malta is experiencing a significant...

Like most EU Mediterranean countries, Malta is experiencing...

They call it ‘horse-trading’, but… why is only the EPP benefitting from the deal?

Raphael Vassallo

It’s not as though the EPP has simply ‘beaten all other parties’ to those positions, fair-and-square, in a democratic contest…...

It’s not as though the EPP has simply ‘beaten...

Job terminations: Delivering the bad news transparently

Mark Camilleri Gambin

As an HR manager or business owner, it is most wise to keep a close eye on...

As an HR manager or business owner, it is most wise to keep...

How does Malta intend to ‘unwaveringly support’ Ukraine, exactly?

Raphael Vassallo

Not-news | So why should the same ‘Neutrality clause’ suddenly...

Not-news | So why should the same ‘Neutrality...

Michael Falzon

In the case of Air Malta, amongst other things, the company was saddled with excess employees, thanks to political interference

In the case of Air Malta, amongst other things, the company...

Brincat’s opinions might be a load of BS… but so was the ensuing ‘outrage’

Raphael Vassallo

Now: like all good dictionary definitions, this one is sufficiently vague to account for a certain ‘flexibility’, in the way the word is actually...

Now: like all good dictionary definitions, this one is...

Hamas’s actions are hideous but the occupation has to be challenged

James Debono

There can be no justification for killing hundreds of people in a rampage which...

There can be no justification for killing hundreds of...

Unity means not advancing policies that are opposed by the other side. This has been a repeated mantra on Net News, but it is not limited to conservative media

Unity means not advancing policies that are opposed by the...