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Children’s excessive screen time

Mark Said

Constant exposure to unrealistic images and standards on social media can cause anxiety, depression and low self-esteem in teens

The anxious travails of Malta’s neutrality | John Baldacchino

Looking closer at why the government and Opposition agreed to enshrine neutrality in Malta’s Constitution back in 1987, one begins to understand how this was a very domestic...

When you have to choose between groceries and your rent, that’s poverty

Josanne Cassar

Having to choose whether to pay one’s bills or buy nutritious food is also a reality and explains why pastizzi shops are selling stodgy, pastry items...

Having to choose whether to pay one’s bills or buy...

Raphael Vassallo

No matter how garish the behaviour in that video, it still pales to insignificance compared to the sheer malice of people who resort to classism and...

No matter how garish the behaviour in that...

Saviour Balzan

The latest MaltaToday trust barometer shows how Adrian Delia cannot lead the Nationalist Party to victory • The cocaine envelope and Jason Azzopardi

The latest MaltaToday trust barometer shows how Adrian...

Evarist Bartolo

The truth is that China is an economic marvel and one of the success stories of the modern world, and its move towards free trade has been extremely...

The truth is that China is an economic marvel and one of...

Accepting helplessness... and doing something about it

Mark Camilleri Gambin

When it comes to mental health, we need to accept that there are conditions...

When it comes to mental health, we need to accept that...

Gifts to Labour supporters made mockery of meritocracy pledge

Michael Falzon

Our current economic wellbeing lures everybody to gloss over these problems,...

Our current economic wellbeing lures everybody to gloss...

Raphael Vassallo

Things may have changed, but ‘domestic violence’, in Malta, still has an evident aura of ‘omertà’ about it. Our own story...

Things may have changed, but ‘domestic...

I have Methyl benzoate in my post… Help!

Saviour Balzan

Jason Azzopardi’s own political crusade never fails to entertain. Even...

Jason Azzopardi’s own political crusade never fails...

It is way too risky to legalise cannabis

Andrew Azzopardi

From where I stand the negative impact of this substance compared to the ‘benefits’ some might quote in legalising cannabis consumption are...

From where I stand the negative impact of this substance...

Josanne Cassar

For the first time in its 34 year history the Malta Marathon was cancelled; news which was at first met with disbelief...

For the first time in its 34 year history the Malta...

Raphael Vassallo

It’s not just the CPD that tried alerting us to the danger. The Bible did...

It’s not just the CPD that tried alerting us to the...

Saviour Balzan

There once was someone acting as assistant to Marlene Farrugia in the 2017...

There once was someone acting as assistant to Marlene...

Climate change: obsession with plastic pollution distracts attention from bigger environmental challenges

The Conversation

Now is not the time to be distracted by the convenient truth of plastic pollution, as the relatively minor threats this poses are eclipsed by the global...

Now is not the time to be distracted by the convenient...

Evarist Bartolo

Striking a balance between competing demands will rarely lead to an either/or choice or even a single solution. Individuals will need to think in a more...

Striking a balance between competing demands will rarely...

The Dubaification of the construction industry

Michael Falzon

Unfortunately, this is the downside of cosmopolitan Malta – and the buck...

Unfortunately, this is the downside of cosmopolitan Malta...

Raphael Vassallo

Ah yes. The small matter of why an investigation into Malta’s tuna industry took place all those yonks ago in 2010, but was unaccountably (in all senses...

Ah yes. The small matter of why an investigation into...

Your name is your stamp of identity for life

Josanne Cassar

However, for the children themselves, this name is their ‘label’;...

However, for the children themselves, this name is their...

Saviour Balzan

The writing is on the wall… the PN needs a transplant of the soul and of the brain

The writing is on the wall… the PN needs a...