Opening the floodgates to unlicensed teachers also means facilitating access by potential predators to young, vulnerable children
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To lecture us about democracy, you have to be democratic…
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Rob democracy of the fundamental principle of opposition,...
No checks, no balances: why a whole system needs rethinking
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We need radical changes in Malta’s executive and...
The third language: giving students the cutting edge for tomorrow’s world
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Our job is not to force students in studying this or that...
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Maltese education is not geared towards producing leaders,...
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It is much easier to destroy than to create
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The Adrian Delia faction is visibly stronger than its...
Death of (another) journalist
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The international press didn’t identify Victoria...
Will budget indicate long-term planning?
The White Paper cannot be a perfect answer to the rental problem but it should be a starting point for the discussion about action by the government
The White Paper cannot be a perfect answer to the rental...
Bashing foreigners, are we? How very Mintoffian...
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Is today’s PN is ready to back up all its tough...
Legal changes, a kangaroo court and ignoring the truth
'The idea that [Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder] was a political murder...
'The idea that [Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder]...
It's not about the warrant; it's about devaluing the teaching profession
'What really baffles me is why pick on teachers when the sector is direly in need of not only more teachers, but very good teachers at that.'
'What really baffles me is why pick on teachers when...
Russia and China put cooperation on display
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Russia and China put cooperation on display… but...
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Why should we be driven out of our homes and our country?
What are the Maltese who are against the direction Malta has taken supposed to...
What are the Maltese who are against the direction Malta...
Giegold takes on HSBC. Drat and double drat
Small wonder the entire PN line-up is scrambling so desperately to...
Small wonder the entire PN line-up is scrambling so...
All together now
Our job as educators is to feed on that and help them grow through that curiosity
Our job as educators is to feed on that and help them grow...
No Adrian Delia, you don’t attract Vote 16 by legalising ‘drugs’
Adrian Delia should appreciate that the notion that only younger people smoke marijuana is a prehistoric understanding of the problem
Adrian Delia should appreciate that the notion that...
Behind the Brexit vote, Labour remains dangerously divided
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Eurosceptics may comprise a small part of the Labour Party,...
‘You can’t renegotiate EU membership’. Oh wait, maybe you can...
Having been given a glimpse as to Joseph Muscat’s actual vision for the future of Europe, I am no longer that certain he meets the necessary...
Having been given a glimpse as to Joseph Muscat’s...
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