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
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 anyone not Maltese is...
Two years of meritocracy, transparency and accountability… yeah, right!
Ryan Callus

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government would be transparent, but the Prime Minister went as far to state that his government is the most...

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government...

From NEETs to YEETs
Evarist Bartolo

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future. There are several risk factors that have to be identified and there are many individual consequences...

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future....

Whistleblowers still unprotected

Already the scope of application of this law is limited (and would de facto exclude the oil scandal, or any comparable scenario).

Already the scope of application of this law is limited...

An appeal to re-think cultural policy
Mark Camilleri

Serving to all its intents and purposes as a pseudo-intellectual diatribe against populist aesthetic contempt, the Piano debate has certainly not been an...

Serving to all its intents and purposes as a...

Give wildlife a chance? No!
Raphael Vassallo

To imagine an Ornis Committee which took its decisions on the basis of the scientific data placed at its disposal – instead of to blindly rubberstamp the...

To imagine an Ornis Committee which took its decisions on...

Cartoon: 15 March 2015

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi has an important communication to make...

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi has an important communication...

Letters: 15 March 2015
Are we enabling young adults to be lazy?
Josanne Cassar

If kids are not “trained” from a very early age that they have to help around the house because that is what being part of a family means, then how...

If kids are not “trained” from a very early age...

Court confirms that case was already decided
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal, composed of Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri, Mr Justice G....

The Court of Appeal, composed of Chief Justice Silvio...

The customer experience
Kevin-James Fenech

Clever branding on its own simply isn’t enough; the brand promise must be kept

Clever branding on its own simply isn’t enough;...

A recipe for scandal

As long ago as 2004, Minister Debono had been questioned regarding her husband’s position within the public service: a position that would be considered...

As long ago as 2004, Minister Debono had been questioned...

Error message: Total System Failure
Raphael Vassallo

What are all these scandals, exactly… if not a regular stream of subliminal error messages, sent out by a motherboard that is now so utterly riddled...

What are all these scandals, exactly… if not a...

The problem with SOCAR
James Debono

The government’s justification that it asked Enemalta to consider SOCAR to avoid raising the price of petrol by 2 cents raises more questions on...

The government’s justification that it asked...

Science: not just for nerds
Evarist Bartolo

The initial encounter with science and technology at child-care, kindergarten and primary level represents a decisive pillar in the individual development of...

The initial encounter with science and technology at...

Cartoon: 11 March 2015

Gozo shakes as new allegations of abusive spending by the former Gozo minister's husband haunt Giovanna Debono.

Gozo shakes as new allegations of abusive spending by the...

It’s like a revolution has begun
Frank Psaila

Scicluna has to do one big thing to turn the Church’s fortunes round, which is to return to the true soul of the Catholic Church

Scicluna has to do one big thing to turn the Church’s...

Europe and gender equality: an unfinished story
Věra Jourová

We have to tackle the remaining challenges for gender equality to become a...

We have to tackle the remaining challenges for gender...

Two years: our assessment

Two years ago the electorate proved again that no one is forever, and that democracy always, somehow, prevails.

Two years ago the electorate proved again that no one is...