Balancing technical skills with a well-rounded education
Alexiei Dingli
A well-rounded education is crucial for developing critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and cultural awareness-indispensable professional skills, especially in the tech industry...
Just 60 years ago
Michael Falzon
Over the last 60 years we had different Maltese governments that took decisions in the interest of Malta and that made the difference, even when these decisions were the wrong ones
Dogma and untruths in the name of St Augustine’s despotic God
Mark Camilleri

It is only natural that the head of the Catholic Church in Malta would oppose...

It is only natural that the head of the Catholic Church in...

A tale of two Koreas…
Raphael Vassallo

It’s almost like an unspoken rule of political reportage: any nugget of information that can be used to embarrass one’s political opponents WILL be...

It’s almost like an unspoken rule of political...

It is all about people
Saviour Balzan

Everywhere, thousands wait and hope to escape from a calamity that is of epic proportions. Dreaming of a new future in Europe.

Everywhere, thousands wait and hope to escape from a...

Taking matters into our own hands
Josanne Cassar

Please Mr Government, try to spend our taxes on beefing up the policing of our roads instead of splashing money around on appointing questionably-qualified...

Please Mr Government, try to spend our taxes on beefing up...

Too much centralisation and dominance under Muscat
Matthew Vella

While a modern and progressive democracy demands that decentralisation is the...

While a modern and progressive democracy demands that...

‘Just what is it that you want to do?’
Raphael Vassallo

I was reminded of that line this week by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, who...

I was reminded of that line this week by Archbishop Charles...

Cancer factory revisited
Ralph Cassar

The most common arguments are those regarding traffic and the price of fuel. The arguments are as ridiculous as they can get.

The most common arguments are those regarding traffic and...

The digital skills gap
Evarist Bartolo

We are in danger of a new digital divide, between those who have access to innovative, tech-based education and the digitally excluded

We are in danger of a new digital divide, between those who...

When civil society stood up to be counted
Frank Psaila

Whilst NGOs are ‘celebrating’ their ‘partial victory’,...

Whilst NGOs are ‘celebrating’ their...

The final curtain
Carmel Vassallo

Given that a recent study on Maltese self-identity  concluded that native Maltese tend to favour ‘…full assimilation with the European...

Given that a recent study on Maltese self-identity...

This is wrestling, not politics. We expect to be entertained…
Raphael Vassallo

Sadly, it looks like all we’re going to get from this debate is the same...

Sadly, it looks like all we’re going to get from this...

A story called Zonqor
Saviour Balzan

Malta’s ecology and open spaces need a vigilant green organisation that is as resilient and forceful as the Front

Malta’s ecology and open spaces need a vigilant green...

It’s all foreign to me
Josanne Cassar

Whoever commits a crime needs to be held accountable, but the danger in harping on the “foreign” aspect of the person’s identity is that...

Whoever commits a crime needs to be held accountable, but...

Zonqor: a test for Muscat and civil society
Jurgen Balzan

The Zonqor development remains a stern test for Prime Minister Joseph Muscat...

The Zonqor development remains a stern test for Prime...

Zonqor: a victory for civil society
James Debono

The largest-ever environmental protest will mean Cottonera gets to benefit from the AUM investment. Although cheap ODZ has been scarified on the altar of...

The largest-ever environmental protest will mean Cottonera...

Trip down memory lane…
Raphael Vassallo

Judging by the rapid escalation in cases on both sides of the political divide, temporary memory loss seems to have already reached epidemic...

Judging by the rapid escalation in cases on both sides...

Lying to the young is wrong
Evarist Bartolo

We must make sure our youngsters are made aware that there are challenges they will have to face in their transition to adult life

We must make sure our youngsters are made aware that there...

‘The Force is strong in this one…’
Raphael Vassallo

With the entry of a single candidate into the UK Labour party leadership debate – Jeremy Corbyn – the entire flavour of the contest suddenly...

With the entry of a single candidate into the UK Labour...