Reforming the education sector
The discussion on the Maltese educational system reform provides an excellent opportunity to finally address a number of outstanding issues in this sector
From pushback to Brexit
Michael Falzon
The old chestnut of foreigners ‘invading our country and taking our jobs’ hides the ugliness of bigotry posing as patriotism, and it is no coincidence that it is...
Prison population is no indicator of crime
Raphael Vassallo

An 'impromptu study' on a sector of the population that are...

An 'impromptu study' on a sector of the population...

Court must limit itself to the ground for liquidation proposed by the plaintiff
Malcolm Mifsud

The court held that if the applicant company did not manage to satisfy the requisites which it itself quoted as being Article  214(2)(a)(ii) it could not...

The court held that if the applicant company did not manage...

Right of reply: MCA replies on Consumers' Association claims
Future-proofing the economy
Leo Brincat

Future-proof boils down to a better way of doing business 

Future-proof boils down to a better way of doing...

What a mother told me about exams
Evarist Bartolo

A concerned parent and teacher raised concerns about the damaging effect primary school exams can have on children's motivation and confidence

A concerned parent and teacher raised concerns about the...

Right of reply: Police carried out proper court prosecution

Right of reply from Commissioner of Police

Right of reply from Commissioner of Police

Parliament must be above suspicion

Recent revelations have unfortunately cemented a perception of nepotism and political cronyism having infiltrated even the country’s most sensitive...

Recent revelations have unfortunately cemented a perception...

Who’s afraid of Roberta?
Michael Falzon

MEP Roberta Metsola is making Malta proud in the European arena, on the issue of migration

MEP Roberta Metsola is making Malta proud in the European...

What is AD doing on the pitch?
Raphael Vassallo

Political parties can find themselves in a position when they are just not ‘interfering with play’. Alternattiva Demokratika is a good example at...

Political parties can find themselves in a position when...

Cartoon: 21 February 2016

Spending priorities on migration...

Spending priorities on migration...

Childcare: No such thing as a free lunch
Josanne Cassar

People must appreciate that there has to be some kind of deterrent in place in order to curb abuse, because human nature being what it is, “free...

People must appreciate that there has to be some kind of...

Why foreign criminals must be deported
Carmel Vassallo

In the first decade of the 21st Century, prisoners from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco, in order of importance, made up 44% of the foreign inmate...

In the first decade of the 21st Century, prisoners from...

Letters: 21 February 2016
Get me my conversion therapist
Saviour Balzan

The Church today is undergoing a radical change, but it appears that Archbishop Scicluna is anchored somewhere in the past

The Church today is undergoing a radical change, but it...

Reflections on the Constitutional Convention

By Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, chairman Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation

By Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, chairman Grand Harbour...

An insult to the judiciary
Mark Anthony Sammut

These are not mistakes as the Prime Minister tries to paint them [but] deliberate attempts at disregarding the Constitution to reward friends

These are not mistakes as the Prime Minister tries to paint...

Court disagrees with easement claim
Malcolm Mifsud

The plaintiff claimed the defendants make use of a cesspit which is situated in her property and to make use of the cesspit they pass across her property...

The plaintiff claimed the defendants make use of a...

Constitution blues…
Raphael Vassallo

The Constitution of Malta has still survived largely intact since an age when we wouldn’t even recognise our own country if we tripped up in it

The Constitution of Malta has still survived largely intact...