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Fame, resilience and mental health

Josanne Cassar

After reaching dizzying heights with his talent, the tabloid press in the UK completely turned against him when during the 1998 World Cup, he got a red card for kicking an...

A smart move: The imperative of an AI and technology committee in parliament | Rebekah Borg

By acknowledging our fears, updating our laws, bridging the digital gap, and collaborating internationally, we can ensure that AI and technology serve as tools for progress and...

Torpedoing Project Green: The nonsensical sale of undeveloped public land in Mellieħa

Kurt Sansone

The sale of a tract of undeveloped government-owned land in Mellieħa risks torpedoing Project Green’s noble aims, rendering it a greenwashing exercise...

The sale of a tract of undeveloped government-owned land in...

Trust is a lot easier to demolish, than to build…

Raphael Vassallo

And while appointing a brand new (and apparently ‘conflict of...

And while appointing a brand new (and apparently...

2023 will see considerable investment in culture; government's aim remains to keep culture high on the national agenda and ensure that its investments...

2023 will see considerable investment in culture;...

Michael Falzon

In the current situation, the question of who is the next PN leader is practically irrelevant

In the current situation, the question of who is the next...

They want to pass 'go' and collect €100 million

Saviour Balzan

One hopes the police investigate the authors of this hospital concession deal,...

One hopes the police investigate the authors of this...

Coming here as a Third Country National? Just don’t bother

Josanne Cassar

Instead of stepping in and cutting out the abuse of third country nationals,...

Instead of stepping in and cutting out the abuse of third...

If the polls are negative… they’re lying!

Raphael Vassallo

Small wonder, I suppose, that Bernard Grech would have suffered a momentary...

Small wonder, I suppose, that Bernard Grech would have...

Authenticity in the face of AI: adapting to disruption

Mark Camilleri Gambin

As our creative works can now be truly auto-generated and auto-corrected, what...

As our creative works can now be truly auto-generated and...

Drug use, checking, and human rights | Karen Mamo

Already socio-economic poor and marginalised communities are further pushed...

Already socio-economic poor and marginalised communities...

Michael Falzon

This does not mean that the May election necessarily signals the end of Erdogan. The Opposition is fractured and there is still no significant unifying leader...

This does not mean that the May election necessarily...

Raphael Vassallo

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of ‘encouraging’ that same warped belief… by giving it more importance (and credence), than...

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of...

Surveys, margins of error and misplaced frustration: the thoughts of an armchair critic

Kurt Sansone

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should be interpreted was misplaced because the problem the PN faces is not how it reads the numbers but...

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should...

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Work and school should not come before public safety

Josanne Cassar

Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law and order or pulling...

Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law...

Why wait for a ‘Maltese Macron’… when you can be one yourself?

Raphael Vassallo

In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese political situation...

In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese...

Michael Falzon

Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always find their degree of punishment reduced by whoever is judge when the case is appealed?

Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always...

Child denied abortion after uncle’s rape: it could also happen in Malta

James Debono

But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply conservative country like Poland further exposes Malta’s international isolation

But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply...

Raphael Vassallo

I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist Bartolo – who, let’s face it, depend exclusively on ‘voter-participation in...

I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist...

Enough of the green light and more red cards please

Saviour Balzan

For once, the world of sports – the kind that is gaining a spine and a...

For once, the world of sports – the kind that is...