‘Work is not just a four letter word’
Evarist Bartolo
This past year we have given special attention to fifth form students who had quit traditional schooling.
Calling a spade a spade
Claudine Cassar
The message must be that crime, including tax evasion and benefit fraud, does not pay.
Drug law reform long overdue

If government is to legislate properly on the issue, it must do so as part of a comprehensive and, above all, results-driven drug policy

If government is to legislate properly on the issue, it...

Busuttil’s tightrope walk

Even if it is unfair to saddle Busuttil himself with all the blame for the PN’s crushing defeat in March, it remains a fact that his campaign performance...

Even if it is unfair to saddle Busuttil himself with all...

The choice is theirs
Saviour Balzan

If Simon Busuttil is to be leader he will definitely improve the lot of the Nationalist Party – but not enough to dismantle the Labour Party’s political...

If Simon Busuttil is to be leader he will definitely...

Malta’s deficit, beyond fiscal populism
Michael Briguglio

Now that the tax reductions for high income earners have been approved... the...

Now that the tax reductions for high income earners have...

The Facebook EdgeRank Algorithm
Busuttil: from sidekick to leader
James Debono

A billboard set up before the election depicted the PN’s leadership as a two-headed creature. But despite the electoral trouncing, one of the heads will have...

A billboard set up before the election depicted the PN’s...

Taking meritocracy for a ride

Jason Micallef’s nomination to the post of Chairman of V18 undermines the whole concept of meritocracy and ignores the spirit of rewarding competence and...

Jason Micallef’s nomination to the post of Chairman of...

Cartoon 1 May 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Your job is not a copy-paste

That change brings a breath of fresh air is understood, but that merit plays no part in most of the choices is sad, to say the least.

That change brings a breath of fresh air is understood, but...

Talkin’ about a constitution
Jurgen Balzan

A guide to the constitutional convention that will enact a reform intended to give birth to what Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has described as a ‘Second...

A guide to the constitutional convention that will enact a...

Targeted Advertising
Conrad Bugeja

Pay-per-click (PPC) offers targeted advertising since the ads can be set to appear for a specific set of keywords. Compared to traditional media, PPC is...

Pay-per-click (PPC) offers targeted advertising since the...

FKNK – get   your act together
Claudine Cassar

The claim that Maltese hunters abide by the law has become an absolute joke, albeit not a very funny one. I am sure that there are a number of hunters who walk...

The claim that Maltese hunters abide by the law has become...

In the fight against poverty
Evarist Bartolo

In the coming months I would like our schools to have a new code of discipline written in consultation with teachers, students and parents. After we have...

In the coming months I would like our schools to have a new...

MaltaToday calls for investigation into OLAF report
A perfect Kesslata
Saviour Balzan

Everyone has tried hard to read a report they couldn’t. Well, here it is at last: a perfect Kesslata – a masterpiece of interrogational supposition. An...

Everyone has tried hard to read a report they couldn’t....

Is it time to say goodbye, Mr President?
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

For those who are not elected and in a state of discomfort, the way out is there for all to see. The office is more important than the individual.

For those who are not elected and in a state of discomfort,...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan explains why OLAF chief Giovanni Kessler should go.

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan explains why OLAF...

A referendum for a Second Republic?
James Debono

Constitutional changes require a two-thirds majority in parliament. No referendum should erode the principle that the common rules are set through the widest...

Constitutional changes require a two-thirds majority in...