Guaranteeing the future of Malta’s cultural heart | Omar Farrugia
It doesn’t matter what you do in life. You can be a secondary school student, an accountant or a business owner. You wear the colours and you give a hand. You help out. No...
Deal or no deal? Gaza in the aftermath of the ceasefire
Carmen Sammut
Sustainable peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hinges on justice and inclusivity, elements sadly lacking in the current proposal
When state institutions are not up to standard | Mark Said

It is time to reinstall and implement the true principles of meritocracy within...

It is time to reinstall and implement the true principles...

That’s a whole new definition of ‘Pensions Time Bomb’…
Raphael Vassallo

Let’s face it, folks… Clyde Caruana is not exactly the first...

Let’s face it, folks… Clyde Caruana is not...

A celebration of readers | Daniel Xerri

Given the peculiar nature of many of the collective nouns found in English, perhaps it would not be entirely amiss if we borrow from the celebratory nature...

Given the peculiar nature of many of the collective nouns...

Newsflash: David Casa discovers that his own medicine doesn’t taste all that great, after all…
Raphael Vassallo

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the (entirely predictable) consequences of his own actions

David Casa cannot so easily distance himself from the...

Mistreating migrants
Michael Falzon

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor help to avoid - let alone solve -the problems created by the migration phenomenon across the...

Treating migrants shoddily will neither honour Malta nor...

Our obsession with speed is killing us
Josanne Cassar

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will still get to your destination... If you are always late and forever rushing then it’s your time...

Slowing down saves lives and don’t worry, you will...

George Farrugia
Saviour Balzan

All the big talk in 2013 by the Labour administration about addressing these misdemeanours was a whole load of claptrap. Some of the individuals in the oil...

All the big talk in 2013 by the Labour administration about...

Reforming the personal assistance scheme for persons with a disability
Julia Farrugia

In our daily contact with persons with a disabililty and their parents and guardians, we are often reminded of the dilemma facing them when a surviving parent...

In our daily contact with persons with a disabililty and...

Are we are sleepwalking into an educational abyss? | Louis Naudi

Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce possessing these thinking...

Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce...

16-year-olds running the country? Maybe it’s not such a bad idea, after all…
Raphael Vassallo

Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult politicians’, that we vote for in each and every election? No, I didn’t think so,...

Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult...

Our prehistoric past faces another threat | Dawn Adrienne Saliba

Sadly, as the power dynamics currently stand, the voices of the many are...

Sadly, as the power dynamics currently stand, the voices of...

A case of mid-term blues?
Michael Falzon

For the PN to persuade the majority of the one-third potential ‘abstainers’ to vote for a change in government, it needs to have a popular and...

For the PN to persuade the majority of the one-third...

It’s not ‘whataboutism’, to recognise that there are two sides to any conflict
Raphael Vassallo

Who do people like Roberta Metsola and Ursula von der Leyen think they’re actually ‘representing’, when they speak (so unilaterally)...

Who do people like Roberta Metsola and Ursula von der Leyen...

Abortion change that preserved the status quo | Neil Muscat

In stark contrast, the Diluted Amendment limits the scope of who may access the...

In stark contrast, the Diluted Amendment limits the scope...

Silver economy in Malta: A growing opportunity | Steve Ellul

Like most EU Mediterranean countries, Malta is experiencing a significant...

Like most EU Mediterranean countries, Malta is experiencing...

They call it ‘horse-trading’, but… why is only the EPP benefitting from the deal?
Raphael Vassallo

It’s not as though the EPP has simply ‘beaten all other parties’ to those positions, fair-and-square, in a democratic contest…...

It’s not as though the EPP has simply ‘beaten...

Job terminations: Delivering the bad news transparently
Mark Camilleri Gambin

As an HR manager or business owner, it is most wise to keep a close eye on...

As an HR manager or business owner, it is most wise to keep...

How does Malta intend to ‘unwaveringly support’ Ukraine, exactly?
Raphael Vassallo

Not-news | So why should the same ‘Neutrality clause’ suddenly...

Not-news | So why should the same ‘Neutrality...