Powerful image of dead Syrian toddler is timely reminder of our inhumanity

Jurgen Balzan

Aylan Kurdi, the young boy found lying face-down on a Turkish beach was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned attempting to reach Greece

Leadership debates, without any debate

Raphael Vassallo

“[Jeremy Corbyn] has done for the [British] Labour leadership race what John Travolta did for Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction: he has jabbed an adrenaline shot into its heart...

The wider perspective of the European environment

Leo Brincat

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon economy, but for...

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon...

Two years of meritocracy, transparency and accountability… yeah, right!

Ryan Callus

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government would be transparent, but the Prime Minister went as far to state that his government is the most...

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government...

Evarist Bartolo

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future. There are several risk factors that have to be identified and there are many individual consequences...

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future....

Already the scope of application of this law is limited (and would de facto exclude the oil scandal, or any comparable scenario).

Already the scope of application of this law is limited...

Mark Camilleri

Serving to all its intents and purposes as a pseudo-intellectual diatribe against populist aesthetic contempt, the Piano debate has certainly not been an...

Serving to all its intents and purposes as a...

Raphael Vassallo

To imagine an Ornis Committee which took its decisions on the basis of the scientific data placed at its disposal – instead of to blindly rubberstamp the...

To imagine an Ornis Committee which took its decisions on...

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi has an important communication to make...

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi has an important communication...

Are we enabling young adults to be lazy?

Josanne Cassar

If kids are not “trained” from a very early age that they have to help around the house because that is what being part of a family means, then how...

If kids are not “trained” from a very early age...

Court confirms that case was already decided

Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal, composed of Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri, Mr Justice G....

The Court of Appeal, composed of Chief Justice Silvio...

Kevin-James Fenech

Clever branding on its own simply isn’t enough; the brand promise must be kept

Clever branding on its own simply isn’t enough;...

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Josanne Cassar

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JP Fabri

As long ago as 2004, Minister Debono had been questioned regarding her husband’s position within the public service: a position that would be considered...

As long ago as 2004, Minister Debono had been questioned...

Raphael Vassallo

What are all these scandals, exactly… if not a regular stream of subliminal error messages, sent out by a motherboard that is now so utterly riddled...

What are all these scandals, exactly… if not a...

James Debono

The government’s justification that it asked Enemalta to consider SOCAR to avoid raising the price of petrol by 2 cents raises more questions on...

The government’s justification that it asked...

Evarist Bartolo

The initial encounter with science and technology at child-care, kindergarten and primary level represents a decisive pillar in the individual development of...

The initial encounter with science and technology at...

Gozo shakes as new allegations of abusive spending by the former Gozo minister's husband haunt Giovanna Debono.

Gozo shakes as new allegations of abusive spending by the...

Frank Psaila

Scicluna has to do one big thing to turn the Church’s fortunes round, which is to return to the true soul of the Catholic Church

Scicluna has to do one big thing to turn the Church’s...