A smart move: The imperative of an AI and technology committee in parliament | Rebekah Borg
By acknowledging our fears, updating our laws, bridging the digital gap, and collaborating internationally, we can ensure that AI and technology serve as tools for progress and...
Fame, resilience and mental health
Josanne Cassar
After reaching dizzying heights with his talent, the tabloid press in the UK completely turned against him when during the 1998 World Cup, he got a red card for kicking an...
Budgetary matters
Stephanie Fabri / JP Fabri

Whilst the government announces various policies, schemes, and strategies during the year, the budget is still seen as a central economic policy document which...

Whilst the government announces various policies, schemes,...

Banning e-scooters: An admission of failure | Steve Zammit Lupi

It baffles me how in four years the most popular areas did not have a single...

It baffles me how in four years the most popular areas did...

Tone deaf with a complete lack of self-awareness
Josanne Cassar

Her supporters might say, but so what if she did? So many women go under the...

Her supporters might say, but so what if she did? So many...

Cartoon: 29 October 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Dear Clyde, don’t forget the middle class

Tomorrow, Caruana will argue that government’s decision to keep...

Tomorrow, Caruana will argue that government’s...

When state institutions are not up to standard | Mark Said

It is time to reinstall and implement the true principles of meritocracy within...

It is time to reinstall and implement the true principles...

Government boards subject to judicial review

In the case ‘L-Avukat Malcolm Mifsud u l-Avukat Cedric Mifsud vs il-Bord...

In the case ‘L-Avukat Malcolm Mifsud u l-Avukat...

A celebration of readers | Daniel Xerri

Given the peculiar nature of many of the collective nouns found in English, perhaps it would not be entirely amiss if we borrow from the celebratory nature...

Given the peculiar nature of many of the collective nouns...

That’s a whole new definition of ‘Pensions Time Bomb’…
Raphael Vassallo

Let’s face it, folks… Clyde Caruana is not exactly the first...

Let’s face it, folks… Clyde Caruana is not...

What's the best way to dress up as the 90s-era End of History for Halloween?

No. 214 - Hard to be Light

No. 214 - Hard to be Light

No remorse, no apology: Labour in denial

The PL may be in a state of denial but the hospitals saga and its corrupt ramifications will not be easily forgotten

The PL may be in a state of denial but the hospitals saga...

Newsflash: David Casa discovers that his own medicine doesn’t taste all that great, after all…
Raphael Vassallo

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the (entirely predictable) consequences of his own actions

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the...

Mistreating migrants
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...

Our obsession with speed is killing us
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...

George Farrugia
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...

Cartoon: 22 October 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The e-scooter ban is a kneejerk reaction

The government’s action, when opting for an outright ban on rental e-scooters, is typical of how authorities under pressure react when dealing...

The government’s action, when opting for an...

Reforming the personal assistance scheme for persons with a disability
Julia Farrugia Portelli

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...