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The anxious travails of Malta’s neutrality | John Baldacchino

Looking closer at why the government and Opposition agreed to enshrine neutrality in Malta’s Constitution back in 1987, one begins to understand how this was a very domestic...

Prolonged suffering and the right to die | Josef Said

One that can bring dignity and hope where there would otherwise be only despair. And despair is the last emotion any terminal patient or their loved ones should have to endure

What the Tsavo lions can teach us about our construction industry

Raphael Vassallo

The same old ‘exploitation’ issues that dogged the Tsavo workforce...

The same old ‘exploitation’ issues that dogged...

The connection between crime and drug addiction

Josanne Cassar

During a cursory look at the headlines this week, I noticed (not for the first...

During a cursory look at the headlines this week, I noticed...

Saviour Balzan

Silvio Grixti: The idea of pinning all these illegalities on one person is wrong. Undoubtedly, blame lies first and foremost on the persons who sought the...

Silvio Grixti: The idea of pinning all these illegalities...

Mark Said

The idea that politicians’ ambition is possibly no longer compatible with pursuing good public policy is disturbing and may be at least partially true,...

The idea that politicians’ ambition is possibly no...

The first collective agreement for the Institute for Education

Marco Bonnici

This is the first collective agreement for IFE and the first agreement signed...

This is the first collective agreement for IFE and the...

Let us not kid ourselves; these fringe political voices want a traditional society where diversity is shunned and non-conformists silenced. No thank you;...

Let us not kid ourselves; these fringe political voices...

Bringing Air Malta back from the dead… just to watch it die again

Raphael Vassallo

And if that really does prove to be the case: well, do I even need to go on?...

And if that really does prove to be the case: well, do I...

Michael Falzon

The strengthening of the electricity grid was abandoned for a very long time with the Labour administration concentrating on the provision of power rather than...

The strengthening of the electricity grid was abandoned for...

Mark Said

The challenges that many European farmers, not least Maltese, faced during the last decades were significant... they contended with economic hardships born out...

The challenges that many European farmers, not least...

Josanne Cassar

The shocking story of a woman who was left with a piece of gauze in her abdomen following a hernia operation, which caused her endless physical pain and...

The shocking story of a woman who was left with a piece of...

Saviour Balzan

Founded in 1961 when Malta was still a British colony and the world was a very different place, the BA’s functions need to be revisited and based on one...

Founded in 1961 when Malta was still a British colony and...

$Water audit at St Augustine College reveals student habits and perspectives | Mikael Balzan, Mattia Stafrace$

The focus of the Committee is an educational campaign through information posters, contributions in the student-led newsletter, and a Campus-wide quiz

The focus of the Committee is an educational campaign...

Why Bernard Grech must go | Frank Camilleri

That is why Labour wins in the surveys and the Nationalists do not budge

That is why Labour wins in the surveys and the Nationalists...

Unexpected detours and a sinister anniversary

Daniel Xerri

Nonetheless, while I do not consider myself as superstitious, I cannot help but...

Nonetheless, while I do not consider myself as...

The disregard for EU law and safety in Ħal Farruġ

Peter Agius

Over the past months, I have exposed several cases where the government is...

Over the past months, I have exposed several cases where...

Michael Falzon

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our...

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather...

‘We need to find a balance’, do we? You don’t bloody say…

Raphael Vassallo

What it also means, however, is that… NO ONE is actually responsible,...

What it also means, however, is that… NO ONE is...

Saying ‘we’re sorry for the inconvenience’, just won’t cut it

Josanne Cassar

Despite flyovers, wider roads, millions of euros and countless promises of how...

Despite flyovers, wider roads, millions of euros and...