Don’t ask for public consultation if you’re going to ignore them
Josanne Cassar
Labour might feel it has the upper hand because it is ahead in the polls, but riding roughshod over the electorate on such sensitive matters smacks of sheer arrogance and a...
Living with COVID
Saviour Balzan
The truth is that COVID has also altered our economic cycle, making the operation of the economy costlier and more difficult. The State has...
Averting a global mental health crisis
Cyrus Engerer

I encourage each and everyone of us to look outside of the box, to strive for a better and more inclusive world and above all, to always be kind

I encourage each and everyone of us to look outside of the...

Labour’s credibility problem
Chris Said

Labour speaks about creating new jobs in Gozo, but what it has done is simply expand the public sector in unprecedented and unsustainable ways, and in so doing...

Labour speaks about creating new jobs in Gozo, but what it...

Digital revolution? Not without girls | Renee Laiviera

Renée Laiviera: Girls need to be digitally literate to fully...

Renée Laiviera: Girls need to be digitally...

This is why abortion-care is healthcare
Isabel Stabile

I respect the conscience of those who oppose abortion on moral grounds but I do not believe they have the right to deprive other women of this option

I respect the conscience of those who oppose abortion on...

E-scooters are some sort of ‘tech-bro’ solution to Malta’s traffic problem, right?

The Skinny | No 108 – E-Scooter racing

The Skinny | No 108 – E-Scooter racing

Solid growth based on tax collection programme

While Prime Minister Robert Abela skirted around the question as to whether...

While Prime Minister Robert Abela skirted around the...

A technocrat in the Cabinet
Michael Falzon

Clyde Caruana has a technocratic mind, and apparently not interested in the political tit-for-tat that means nothing in the long run

Clyde Caruana has a technocratic mind, and apparently...

‘The day the strength of Malta failed…’
Raphael Vassallo

It’s good for the richest and most powerful countries in the world,...

It’s good for the richest and most powerful countries...

One million in my pocket and other fantastic stories
Saviour Balzan

We uphold one fundamental rule: our business model does not impinge on the...

We uphold one fundamental rule: our business model does not...

This is what poverty looks like
Josanne Cassar

If you are completely reliant on someone else, with no money, no form of communication, no car, and no way of breaking free – it is basically a...

If you are completely reliant on someone else, with no...

Taxation is about morality, too

The issue of global corporate taxation is ultimately an issue of social justice, more than economic gain. Preferential tax incentives deprive...

The issue of global corporate taxation is ultimately an...

Academic qualifications are essential to assure professional competencies
Malcolm Mifsud

Professionals who apply for a warrant must show that they have obtained the required academic qualifications

Professionals who apply for a warrant must show that they...

To kill a Greater Flamingo…
Raphael Vassallo

As that hunter from Gzira so dramatically discovered, to his cost, last Saturday: ‘to kill a Greater Flamingo’, in Malta, is a far more serious...

As that hunter from Gzira so dramatically discovered, to...

Our urgent global challenge
Aaron Farrugia

We have embarked on a long-sighted direction that makes economic, environmental, and social sense.  The government wants to avoid harsher and more painful...

We have embarked on a long-sighted direction that makes...

Protecting and uplifting Malta’s industry for the long term | Jason Azzopardi

In the long term, this staggering increase in the unavoidable costs which our employers, and thus we the consumers, have to pay is simply unsustainable | Jason...

In the long term, this staggering increase in the...

A mass transportation system leading to more development?

In a nutshell:  mass transportation poses a daunting challenge to our way of...

In a nutshell:  mass transportation poses a daunting...

How about an eco-tax for cars with ‘#RespectMotorsport’ stickers?

The Skinny | No 107 – Racing For That Vote

The Skinny | No 107 – Racing For That Vote

The good Samaritan
Michael Falzon

When the state justice system punishes the evil perpetrator of this ghastly deed – as many expect – the case should not be considered closed and to...

When the state justice system punishes the evil perpetrator...