Discrimination is the difference in treatment of the same situation

Malcolm Mifsud

In a judgment delivered on 5 December in Mark Muscat v HSBC, it was held that when one alleges discrimination, one must prove there is a difference in how they are treated in...

Knowing how to read in your mother tongue should not be so hard

Josanne Cassar

Maltese is part of our identity, it is what makes us a nation, it should be cared for by ensuring that we spell it properly rather than lazily, it should be handed down to...

Josanne Cassar

While I still prefer living in Malta to anywhere else, admittedly the negatives tend to assault your senses on too regular a basis. I boil it...

While I still prefer living in Malta to anywhere else,...

The island that turned itself into a desert

Raphael Vassallo

We are, in brief, doing our utmost to make this country as hot, parched and...

We are, in brief, doing our utmost to make this country as...

Marco Bonnici

MUT appointments mark a number of firsts in the long history of the union, including the first female general secretary and also, with two females and two male...

MUT appointments mark a number of firsts in the long...

Evarist Bartolo

Ways for the public to openly air their views are crucial in today’s democracy [but] sometimes the wrong information… is put forward and common...

Ways for the public to openly air their views are crucial...

Raphael Vassallo

Personally, I think the Borg Pisani story is not only a very good choice of movie subject but an important one to evaluate through the medium of a Maltese-made...

Personally, I think the Borg Pisani story is not only a...

Mark Camilleri

With a public broadcaster in shambles and cultural institutions under the management of incompetent people, V18 will come and go and will leave no tangible...

With a public broadcaster in shambles and cultural...

Michael Falzon

People on subsidised rents should be means-tested every five years or so with their rent increasing as their level of income increases. Minor increases for...

People on subsidised rents should be means-tested every...

Josanne Cassar

This convoluted case has brought into play a very crucial element on which everything hinges: credibility

This convoluted case has brought into play a very crucial...

Saviour Balzan

He has said that he will present his declaration of assets after becoming leader. That, I am afraid, is unacceptable. The truth is that his assets and...

He has said that he will present his declaration of assets...

It is no longer just random voices in civil society calling for more awareness of such issues: the wider population is also beginning to feel the effects of...

It is no longer just random voices in civil society calling...

Saviour Balzan

In his latest video blog, MaltaToday’s managing editor Saviour Balzan tackles the latest court revelations surrounding the Egrant whistleblower and the...

In his latest video blog, MaltaToday’s managing...

Malcolm Mifsud

In the case where a plaintiff is seeking payment and the defendant alleges that the debt has been paid, the defendant must prove the payment

In the case where a plaintiff is seeking payment and the...

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Miriam Dalli

JP Fabri

If the Maltese Central Bank as well as Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti are so genuinely concerned with promoting the Maltese heritage they should have promoted...

If the Maltese Central Bank as well as Fondazzjoni...

After ISIS, proxy wars in Syria loom large

Matthew Bugeja

Syria is now an arena for proxy conflict between the West, Russia, and Middle...

Syria is now an arena for proxy conflict between the West,...

What’s the point of ‘more studies’ if you ignore their results?

Raphael Vassallo

Any particular reason to assume a ‘new’ sociological study,...

Any particular reason to assume a ‘new’...

How one Swedish woman is cleaning up Malta

Josanne Cassar

What I would really like to see is politicians coming to the clean-up, to see...

What I would really like to see is politicians coming to...

While the authorities are right to clamp down on such abuses, it remains a fact...

While the authorities are right to clamp down on such...

It won’t always be sunshine and rainbows

Evarist Bartolo

One of the first barriers to be torn down in alternative learning programmes is...

One of the first barriers to be torn down in alternative...