No more blazers and ties. Learning should be about happiness

Evarist Bartolo

In schools the focus of the structure is obviously education and learning. But happiness is just as important

Crunch time for the PN

As things stand, only two possible outcomes may yet avert the total annihilation of the PN: either Delia emerges reconfirmed by a clear, unequivocal majority (the larger, the...

It is way too risky to legalise cannabis

Andrew Azzopardi

From where I stand the negative impact of this substance compared to the ‘benefits’ some might quote in legalising cannabis consumption are...

From where I stand the negative impact of this substance...

I have Methyl benzoate in my post… Help!

Saviour Balzan

Jason Azzopardi’s own political crusade never fails to entertain. Even...

Jason Azzopardi’s own political crusade never fails...

MaltaToday’s latest trust ratings: the boat has sailed

The PN must either soldier on under Adrian Delia until the inevitable downfall...

The PN must either soldier on under Adrian Delia until the...

Tenant to pay for fire damage caused by TV

Malcolm Mifsud

The Rent Regulation Board has ordered a tenant to pay for the repairs of a...

The Rent Regulation Board has ordered a tenant to pay for...

Josanne Cassar

For the first time in its 34 year history the Malta Marathon was cancelled; news which was at first met with disbelief...

For the first time in its 34 year history the Malta...

Raphael Vassallo

It’s not just the CPD that tried alerting us to the danger. The Bible did...

It’s not just the CPD that tried alerting us to the...

Saviour Balzan

There once was someone acting as assistant to Marlene Farrugia in the 2017...

There once was someone acting as assistant to Marlene...

The fact that the two St Joseph Home suspects were tried and convicted did not...

The fact that the two St Joseph Home suspects were tried...

Climate change: obsession with plastic pollution distracts attention from bigger environmental challenges

The Conversation

Now is not the time to be distracted by the convenient truth of plastic pollution, as the relatively minor threats this poses are eclipsed by the global...

Now is not the time to be distracted by the convenient...

Evarist Bartolo

Striking a balance between competing demands will rarely lead to an either/or choice or even a single solution. Individuals will need to think in a more...

Striking a balance between competing demands will rarely...

The Dubaification of the construction industry

Michael Falzon

Unfortunately, this is the downside of cosmopolitan Malta – and the buck...

Unfortunately, this is the downside of cosmopolitan Malta...

Raphael Vassallo

Ah yes. The small matter of why an investigation into Malta’s tuna industry took place all those yonks ago in 2010, but was unaccountably (in all senses...

Ah yes. The small matter of why an investigation into...

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Saviour Balzan

Josanne Cassar

Your name is your stamp of identity for life

Josanne Cassar

However, for the children themselves, this name is their ‘label’;...

However, for the children themselves, this name is their...

Saviour Balzan

The writing is on the wall… the PN needs a transplant of the soul and of the brain

The writing is on the wall… the PN needs a...

To banish all discussion is therefore also to banish ways in which existing legislation can be made more effective

To banish all discussion is therefore also to banish ways...

Summary dismissal of employees is the exception not the rule

Malcolm Mifsud

A recent Appeals Court case determined that an employer may only dismiss an...

A recent Appeals Court case determined that an employer may...

Students should be righting what is wrong, not perpetuating it

Josanne Cassar

But here, where students are paid to study and for the most part still live at...

But here, where students are paid to study and for the most...

If politicians won’t discuss policy issues… why do they even exist?

Raphael Vassallo

There is, after all, no point in choosing between different parties or candidates, if they’re all equally hellbent on keeping everything exactly as it is

There is, after all, no point in choosing between different...