Vocational education: learning by doing
Evarist Bartolo
Children are exceedingly intuitive and value respect, perhaps even if not fully comprehending the principle itself. Reaching out to them can give us insight
How to make a Maltese Fascist cross…
Raphael Vassallo
You can generally tell your country’s lost its mojo when people start paying more attention to the events of around 70 years ago, than to things that happened just last week.
How relevant is the budget?
Michael Falzon

The annual budget speech and the measures announced in it are obviously a fiscal exercise.

The annual budget speech and the measures announced in it...

Vote Joseph, get Lawrence
Raphael Vassallo

One day in a distant, improbable future, I think students of political science will analyse the last leg of the 2013 election campaign as a case study in how...

One day in a distant, improbable future, I think students...

Good for business
Claudine Cassar

I write this column the morning after the marathon budget speech by Tonio Fenech.

I write this column the morning after the marathon budget...

Government fails to tackle poverty
Evarist Bartolo

In the past four years more people are living in poverty and at the risk of poverty. In its budget for 2013, GonziPN fails to tackle the underlying causes that...

In the past four years more people are living in poverty...

Change of the guard. Is it enough?
Saviour Balzan

Joe Saliba must be a very, very happy man. He is the man who worked against the wishes of Austin Gatt, who preferred Tonio Fenech.

Joe Saliba must be a very, very happy man. He is the man...

Now for the beef

Simon Busuttil has won a resounding victory, beyond expectations, against the wishes of most Cabinet members, surpassing an unprecedented two-thirds threshold...

Simon Busuttil has won a resounding victory, beyond...

Not signed, not sealed, never delivered
Jurgen Balzan

If Labour endorses this socially regressive budget, its new beginning takes us right back to the same place we are in today.

If Labour endorses this socially regressive budget, its new...

Cartoon 29 November 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

On IVF, our MPs are missing the wood for the trees
David Pollina

Without a properly thought out idea about where life begins,we can only do harm...

Without a properly thought out idea about where life...

University stipends - a thorny subject
Claudine Cassar

We have invested in stipends for 20 years and let’s face it: the results aren’t great.

We have invested in stipends for 20 years and let’s face...

One-third of our students still leave school early
Evarist Bartolo

This government is more interested in the number of students that graduate… a...

This government is more interested in the number of...

The hidden hand of big conspiracy
Raphael Vassallo

Tonio Borg should be closely scrutinised; he’s an unelected official who will take decisions that will impact millions of people.

Tonio Borg should be closely scrutinised; he’s an...

Instead of ‘taking leave’, she should just leave
Saviour Balzan

If anyone is worried about her livelihood, please don’t bother shedding a...

If anyone is worried about her livelihood, please don’t...

Tonio Borg and Alfred Sant
David Friggieri

Humiliation, intolerance and shamelessness have nothing to do with it. The Maltese electorate should shoulder its responsibility for the country's political...

Humiliation, intolerance and shamelessness have nothing to...

The Trojan budget
James Debono

On Wednesday Tonio Fenech will not be simply presenting his party’s economic and fiscal manifesto: he’ll set the agenda of a future Labour government.

On Wednesday Tonio Fenech will not be simply presenting his...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on why permanent secretary within the Office of the Prime Minister Rita Schembri has not resigned and why hasn't she...

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on why permanent...

Will the whistleblower be heeded?

Philip Rizzo’s revelations about Schembri have been in the public domain for well over a week now, and his identity as the whistleblower has been known for...

Philip Rizzo’s revelations about Schembri have been in...

Man of principle, indeed…
Raphael Vassallo

One small silver lining to the otherwise ghastly mushroom-cloud of hypocrisy rising over Brussel. Henceforth, the Nationalist media machine can never, ever,...

One small silver lining to the otherwise ghastly...