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Mental health, drug abuse and a family tragedy

Josanne Cassar

What has particularly stayed with me, like a dark shadow which is impossible to shake off, is the looming spectre of mental illness, exacerbated by drug abuse, among so many young...

Galdes must go, but Jason Azzopardi must not be the one leading the crusade

Saviour Balzan

The political arguments against an unfit minister should be left to a political party that has nothing to hide, preaches ethics as a measure of propriety and not be dictated by a...

Respect for members of the judiciary | Ramona Attard

When commentary unjustly paints our courts as wilfully hostile to human rights,...

When commentary unjustly paints our courts as wilfully...

Inclusion is not charity. It is fairness | David Casa, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut

Far too many persons with disabilities continue to be left behind from decent work, from public life, from the very services meant to support and protect all...

Far too many persons with disabilities continue to be left...

Parental roles in 2025: Has anything changed?

Josanne Cassar

As any parent will tell you, once you have kids you basically never stop...

As any parent will tell you, once you have kids you...

Saviour Balzan

We need tourism and we need trade but we cannot go on selling our soul to satisfy the greed

We need tourism and we need trade but we cannot go on...

Malta’s transport debate is stuck in traffic

JP Fabri

Transport is not physics. It is human behaviour. Cars do not appear on the road...

Transport is not physics. It is human behaviour. Cars do...

StudentAssist: A fairer shot at success | Alison Micallef

When capable students are unable to pursue higher qualifications due to...

When capable students are unable to pursue higher...

Malta’s realigned AI strategy: A Human-Centred Vision | Silvio Schembri

AI must serve the community, not the other way around. It must help our SMEs compete, our public sector deliver better services, support the healthcare system,...

AI must serve the community, not the other way around. It...

Malta’s misfiring of Organic Food Action Plan

Arnold Cassola

If a bill were drawn up for branding, events and sponsored content costs, it...

If a bill were drawn up for branding, events and sponsored...

What Celebrity Traitors can teach us about group think and human behaviour

Josanne Cassar

I couldn’t help but draw parallels with the way groups of people are often swayed to think one way or another on current issues, if there is someone...

I couldn’t help but draw parallels with the way...

JP Fabri

The shift underway is therefore more than regulatory. It is philosophical. It...

The shift underway is therefore more than regulatory. It is...

Saviour Balzan

When walking in the street the other day I was scolded by a group of elderly men in the town where I live. They called me all sorts of names as I walked by...

When walking in the street the other day I was scolded by a...

Thomas Bajada

Real innovation or the kind that stands the test of time, is not only technological, but moral. It begins not in laboratories or boardrooms, but in our...

Real innovation or the kind that stands the test of time,...

Mark Said

This Jekyll and Hyde government is infuriating even a growing number of Labour loyalists. When it’s good, Robert Abela’s administration is truly...

This Jekyll and Hyde government is infuriating even a...

But the cherry on the cake is the last two words: ‘September 2025’. The PN had the gall to date its document as if it had presented it in time for...

But the cherry on the cake is the last two words:...

Beyond the swings of the two-party system

Mark Camilleri Gambin

What we learn from the Mamdani phenomenon and other recent political twists is...

What we learn from the Mamdani phenomenon and other recent...

The fuller story behind the 1985 hijack in Malta | Malcolm Scerri Ferrante

Beneath his composure, I sensed a man still burdened by the weight of that tragedy—a leader who believed he had acted rightly for his country, yet who...

Beneath his composure, I sensed a man still burdened by the...

Miriam Dalli

Malta’s environmental strategy must be bold, creative, and unafraid of reshaping old habits

Malta’s environmental strategy must be bold,...

JP Fabri

Yet, the challenges Malta faces are structural. We must sustain economic resilience in the face of demographic ageing, declining fertility, environmental...

Yet, the challenges Malta faces are structural. We must...