Building on progress
Miriam Dalli
Our focus on green initiatives is not limited to large-scale projects. Locally, we supported the regeneration of the Peace Lab Garden, which now offers 2,000 square metres of...
Married… with children?
Josanne Cassar
Your children are a commitment and a bond for life… or at least, they should be
Upholding human decency
Evarist Bartolo

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an affront to the liberties and freedoms we all hold dear, as long as we are not selective in our definition...

This is not about just one journalist, it’s an...

Malta isn’t working
Frank Psaila

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others wanted her dead. Politicians, across the political divides, despised her

They called her the ‘hate blogger’. Others...

No bombs can condition democracy
Mark Camilleri

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any other journalist or writer, would ever have been executed

Most of us never imagined that Caruana Galizia, or any...

Why I am flummoxed
Michael Falzon

I have never felt so flummoxed, so sad and as sorry for my country as I have felt these last few days

I have never felt so flummoxed, so sad and as sorry for my...

Controversial in life, controversial in death
Josanne Cassar

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was the final blow to stop her from...

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was the final blow to...

Where do we go from here?
Saviour Balzan

I, like so many others, was outraged by the vicious assassination. When I received the news from a police source that Daphne Caruana Galizia had been bombed, I...

I, like so many others, was outraged by the vicious...

Execution of a controversial, bold and irreverent Maltese journalist
Matthew Vella

LONG READ | Daphne Caruana Galizia elicited mixed feelings in her admirers,...

LONG READ | Daphne Caruana Galizia elicited mixed feelings...

Sometimes, less is more
Josanne Cassar

Like the rest of the country, I reacted to the news that Daphne Caruana Galizia had been murdered in sheer disbelief

Like the rest of the country, I reacted to the news that...

When hell broke loose
Saviour Balzan

What happened on Monday afternoon in Bidnija was simply reprehensible and tragic

What happened on Monday afternoon in Bidnija was simply...

A budget for the present
Michael Falzon

Minister Edward Scicluna dubbing his budget last Monday as a budget for ‘the future’ is – to Michael Falzon – somewhat of a...

Minister Edward Scicluna dubbing his budget last Monday as...

A ‘one-horse race’ is no race at all
Raphael Vassallo

Words are, and have always been, rather tricky little things. Words like 'democracy' are a good example

Words are, and have always been, rather tricky little...

The “anyone can do it” syndrome
Josanne Cassar

‘What has really struck me about all this, however, is that it points to a certain air of dismissiveness and lack of respect towards other people’s...

‘What has really struck me about all this, however,...

The divine comedy
Saviour Balzan

If you had to put the four candidates – Edwin Vassallo, David Agius, Arrigo and Bezzina – in a giant incubator to isolate their strengths rather...

If you had to put the four candidates – Edwin...

Strengthening our foundation
Evarist Bartolo

The Institute for Education is adamant to give the opportunity to all those who want to develop professionally to do so in the manner they retain fits...

The Institute for Education is adamant to give the...

Open season on women’s looks
Josanne Cassar

What is it about politicians’ wives? We try to teach girls to rely on their intellect rather than their looks to get ahead, and yet we still...

What is it about politicians’ wives? We try to...

More money in (everyone else’s) pockets...
Raphael Vassallo

How about throwing in a little something in our direction, too? Like an...

How about throwing in a little something in our direction,...

Traffic jams, Francis and a tongue-tied EU
Frank Psaila

Public trust has hit rock bottom, falling 17 places over last year's. Malta...

Public trust has hit rock bottom, falling 17 places over...

Empowering our girls
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

On 11 October we mark the International Day of the Girl Child, by acknowledging the value and contribution being made by some 1.1 billion girls, who form part...

On 11 October we mark the International Day of the Girl...