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Let’s go for specialised courts

Mark Said

Our judges, one must remark, have always been versatile and always proved themselves to have the ability to address a range of specialist matters. One must therefore be wary of...

Mercury Rising: Artwashing through real estate | Gabriel Zammit

Reputation laundering via cultural projects is not a new move for Portelli. He has had himself painted into a festa banner as St John the Evangelist in Nadur and bought the...

Money as a measure of success? Only ‘now’. And only ‘here’...

Raphael Vassallo

The rest of the EU is driven by ‘higher values’. It is only here in...

The rest of the EU is driven by ‘higher...

Michael Falzon

Someone must have lobbied to get the Planning Authority’s approval for the absurd platform... but many more lobbied for its removal. In this case, common...

Someone must have lobbied to get the Planning...

Josanne Cassar

The downside of Muscat’s “let’s do it” attitude is that he has forgotten (or chosen to forget) that the Labour party’s roots are...

The downside of Muscat’s “let’s do...

Saviour Balzan

I see her appointment as Judge to be only a matter of time

Embracing change for a better society | Helena Dalli

I am all for scrutiny and debate to ensure that the legislation finally adopted...

I am all for scrutiny and debate to ensure that the...

Interests of the children should always come first

Josanne Cassar

The lives of vulnerable children are at stake and both sides must come to an...

The lives of vulnerable children are at stake and both...

Still premature to pathologise gamers | Andy Przybylski and Amy Orben

The diagnosis of video game addiction is not stable over time, because scholars...

The diagnosis of video game addiction is not stable over...

Gun control is about democracy, not guns

Raphael Vassallo

Perhaps we should be thankful, then, that our systemic failure hasn’t so far resulted in dozens of schoolchildren dead... as it continues to do in America

Perhaps we should be thankful, then, that our systemic...

International Mother Language Day in multilingual Malta | Phyllisienne Vassallo Gauci

Today more than ever, it is crucial in teaching and educational contexts to sustain the development of plurilingual and pluricultural competence in our learners

Today more than ever, it is crucial in teaching and...

Evarist Bartolo

It seems that critics were questioning the level of government’s authority after your life

It seems that critics were questioning the level of...

Michael Falzon

It’s about time for Malta to take a look at the future and see how we would like it to be, and plan accordingly

It’s about time for Malta to take a look at the...

Raphael Vassallo

What started out as a personal reaction to a single act of vandalism – directed at those (admittedly hideous) polystyrene sculptures – quickly...

What started out as a personal reaction to a single act of...

Saviour Balzan

The removal of the ‘three billboards’ was petty, considering that so many billboards, originally illegal, have now been ‘legalised’ and...

The removal of the ‘three billboards’ was...

Josanne Cassar

Our legacy will be towns and villages which have merged into one another, dotted by petrol stations for the cars we cannot live without, to drive us to the...

Our legacy will be towns and villages which have merged...

Josanne Cassar

While plenty of documented material has been publishe about Daphne Caruana Galizia’s journalistic work, little attention is paid to the equally...

While plenty of documented material has been publishe about...

A joke about Mount Carmel? They must be crazy...

Raphael Vassallo

all this internet outrage would be far better directed at the problem...

all this internet outrage would be far better...

A world urban forum and why it matters | Corina Cretu

Europe is indeed a beacon, an example to follow for tens of millions of people...

Europe is indeed a beacon, an example to follow for tens of...

Evarist Bartolo

The challenges in assessment, diverse abilities and educator development are things we do not face alone, but can be found everywhere

The challenges in assessment, diverse abilities and...