A gender quota muddle
Ingram Bondin
There is often a pervasive and toxic assumption that only women candidates are able to represent women voters
Need for lifelong skills strategy
Evarist Bartolo
Rather than prepare people for specific jobs we need to prepare them for employability as we do not even know what kind of new jobs we are going to have in the years ahead
Some call it ‘populism’, I call it ‘democracy’
Raphael Vassallo

If democracy looks like 10-pin bowling, it’s because that’s how it...

If democracy looks like 10-pin bowling, it’s because...

It’s about accountability and public standards

FTS: The problem is of a systemic, recurring nature. Only a systemic overhaul...

FTS: The problem is of a systemic, recurring nature. Only a...

Living the good life…with other people’s money
Josanne Cassar

Businessmen allowed to amass enormous debts in tax and VAT while simultaneously...

Businessmen allowed to amass enormous debts in tax and VAT...

Cartoon: 7 December 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Diversity inside Language Council increases oversight
Mark Camilleri

The reforms to the Language Council will ensure that the Council does not fall...

The reforms to the Language Council will ensure that the...

In a bit of a shambles
Evarist Bartolo

The changes weren’t secret. I’ve answered many parliamentary questions detailing everything and we have explained the changes numerous times

The changes weren’t secret. I’ve answered many...

Who’s really in a ‘state of illegality here’
Raphael Vassallo

The naked truth of the matter is that we only apply the ‘illegal...

The naked truth of the matter is that we only apply the...

Time to review citizenship laws

Malta’s controversial IIP scheme is nothing less than obscene at a time when millions of people are trying to pour into Europe from under-developed or...

Malta’s controversial IIP scheme is nothing less than...

Jobs plus indeed!
Michael Falzon

Unfortunately organisations like trade unions, as well as NGOs, tend to abandon their mission statement when their income no longer depends on the...

Unfortunately organisations like trade unions, as well as...

The widening divide between the haves and the have-nots
Josanne Cassar

Maltese tenants and foreign nationals on an average wage are being edged out of...

Maltese tenants and foreign nationals on an average wage...

Just another Sunday
Saviour Balzan

They should dig deep in the Ciliberti allegations, and Bartolo should stop to think whether he can defend his position by keeping his permanent secretary, or...

They should dig deep in the Ciliberti allegations, and...

Letters, MaltaToday, 4 December 2016

Letters in MaltaToday on Sunday

Letters in MaltaToday on Sunday

No need of court case, once contract solves the differences
Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court decided that once parties to a legal action...

The First Hall of the Civil Court decided that once parties...

Our electoral system has broken down

Malta cannot afford to go to another election without fixing its flawed electoral system once and for all

Malta cannot afford to go to another election without...

How did we come to this, exactly?
Raphael Vassallo

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to hear such arguments from the leader of Malta’s political Left

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to hear such...

Fiddling with the system is a way of life
Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough for a childcare centre to screw the taxpayer out of money, but...

It is bad enough for a childcare centre to screw the...

Cartoon: 30 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

A fish and a monkey enter a classroom
Evarist Bartolo

Different children are asked to sit down for the same lesson and examination, then they aare branded disobedient when they become frustrated and act out during...

Different children are asked to sit down for the same...