Cartoon: 8 March 2017
Cartoon by Mikiel Galea
Investing in Europe’s youth
Evarist Bartolo
Improving our education and training systems is critical because it promotes social mobility and remains one of the best means of preventing social exclusion
Prejudice and objectivity: when the blogs rule the game
Michael Falzon

Malta is a country where ‘objectivity’ is the end result of...

Malta is a country where ‘objectivity’ is the...

It really is a jungle out there...
Raphael Vassallo

In both Delimara and Siggiewi, the entire issue revolved around the lack of valid planning permits

In both Delimara and Siggiewi, the entire issue revolved...

Paceville: The cart before the high-rise horse

The Labour government seems to be treating Malta’s scarcest...

The Labour government seems to be treating Malta’s...

The missing link in sex education
Josanne Cassar

As with most issues, schools and educators can only do so much without the backing and co-operation of parents

As with most issues, schools and educators can only do so...

The other side
Saviour Balzan

Malta is not the Somme, it is just another country with problems, but not with gargantuan complications… that alone should make everyone stop to...

Malta is not the Somme, it is just another country with...

Cartoon: 30 October 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The non-discussion about energy
Ralph Cassar

What we need is as many different sources of energy as possible; What we really need is to move at a faster rate toward more energy independence, through...

What we need is as many different sources of energy as...

Stay of proceedings is an extraordinary measure
Malcolm Mifsud

A stay of proceedings may be allowed, however, the principle should be that a...

A stay of proceedings may be allowed, however, the...

Sometimes, a court ban on person’s name has the opposite effect
Josanne Cassar

If we are serious about protecting women from sexual harassment, there should...

If we are serious about protecting women from sexual...

On judging others by one’s yardstick

The implications of Simon Busuttil’s attack are that any press story which negatively portrays his own party, is automatically an attack on democracy...

The implications of Simon Busuttil’s attack are that...

Conspiracy theory incorporated
Raphael Vassallo

Part of the anatomy of the classic conspiracy theory involves an erosion of trust in official authorities, which usually happens even when the official...

Part of the anatomy of the classic conspiracy theory...

Cartoon: 26 October 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Is the ElectroGas plant needed?
Mark Anthony Sammut

Although gas is cleaner than HFO, it is definitely not cleaner than the interconnector, which provides electricity being generated somewhere else

Although gas is cleaner than HFO, it is definitely not...

Thriving, not just surviving
Frank Psaila

Edward Scicluna’s budget addresses the needs of families and individuals in need in the short-term, but not in the long-term

Edward Scicluna’s budget addresses the needs of...

€47 million on new schools
Evarist Bartolo

Over these past three and a half years we have invested almost €47 million, and the Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools has delivered major projects

Over these past three and a half years we have invested...

Panama Papers: More than just offshore

To reflect the European spirit at work inside Brussels’s PANA committee, a Maltese parliamentary committee would mean having MPs speak of all...

To reflect the European spirit at work inside...

Steady as it goes
Michael Falzon

Few bother to look beyond their personal interests and assess whether among the budget measures one can find any interesting moves that show a sense of...

Few bother to look beyond their personal interests and...

‘Sex makes everything complicated...’
Raphael Vassallo

We have long removed hard labour from the punitive justice system, and...

We have long removed hard labour from the punitive justice...