Tremors in the Health Ministry
Claudine Cassar
The last couple of weeks have been rather difficult ones for Godfrey Farrugia, the Minister for Health.
‘Switching on’ vocational education in our schools
Evarist Bartolo
Students, whether assisted or otherwise, have to make a very bold decision when reaching school leaving age, especially those who decide to move from a study environment to a work...
Cartoon 17 February 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Austin, we have a problem
Raphael Vassallo

Excuse me, but… isn’t this the same Lawrence Gonzi who told us, way back in 2004, that he “couldn’t have a minister under investigation”?

Excuse me, but… isn’t this the same Lawrence Gonzi who...

Our pensions dilemma
Claudine Cassar

Just because some people don’t get certain issues, it doesn’t mean politicians can ignore them

Just because some people don’t get certain issues, it...

When greed killed a gas pipeline
Evarist Bartolo

Our energy conversion to gas was sacrificed in the name of something very dishonest.

Our energy conversion to gas was sacrificed in the name of...

Biblical, isn’t it?
Saviour Balzan

The real issues are usually skirted, and what we are trying to do here is to bring the real issues forward.

The real issues are usually skirted, and what we are trying...

Stop the mud slinging

Once facts are sacred, we would advise politicians to stick to the facts, as they are made known and not to simply flout innuendos and hope that something will...

Once facts are sacred, we would advise politicians to stick...

After uni: the times they are a-changin'
Jurgen Balzan

Labour gains inroads in what once was hostile ground for its leaders and sympathisers, the University of Malta.

Labour gains inroads in what once was hostile ground for...

Cartoon 13 February 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

The Keyword Density Myth
Conrad Bugeja

Search Engines such as Google work by returning relevant results to the user query. One major characteristic on which search engines base the relevancy of a...

Search Engines such as Google work by returning relevant...

Papal resignations and other matters

It’s difficult to maintain a rigorously unchanging institution in the face of a social landscape that has changed beyond recognition is so short a time-frame...

It’s difficult to maintain a rigorously unchanging...

Sweet and sour justice
Raphael Vassallo

Why are the law-courts bending over backwards to protect a man charged with serious criminal behaviour, while throwing the book at a handful of women whose...

Why are the law-courts bending over backwards to protect a...

Bashing Tony Zarb
James Debono

Tony Zarb probably crossed a line when alluding to the award of tenders under a Labour government, but more worrying is the apparent collusion between the...

Tony Zarb probably crossed a line when alluding to the...

The things one should never say

The next parliament must discuss guidelines to make tender award systems open to more parliamentary scrutiny.

The next parliament must discuss guidelines to make tender...

Cartoon 10 February 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Why our children deserve a better educational system
Evarist Bartolo

We need a strategy that narrows the gap between girls and boys in reading and...

We need a strategy that narrows the gap between girls and...

Where have all the red flags gone?
Michael Falzon

Nowadays one never sees any red-frocked peroxide blondes (loaded with gold bracelets) mobbing the Labour leader.

Nowadays one never sees any red-frocked peroxide blondes...

The anti-manifesto
Claudine Cassar

It is our politicians we need to hear thinking outside the box and not humble columnists.

It is our politicians we need to hear thinking outside the...

MY willy is bigger than YOUR willy… so there!
Raphael Vassallo

This can’t be happening. Seriously: it is just too much to take on board all...

This can’t be happening. Seriously: it is just too much...