Importing workers with the right skills - now, why didn’t we think of that before?
Josanne Cassar
This week the government announced a new scheme which is due to start next year: non-EU workers in hotels, bars and restaurants will need to get a skills card to work in the...
An industry raising its own standards | Charlon Gouder
Malta’s tuna industry has demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship through its summer clean-up campaign
Ask a silly question…
Raphael Vassallo

Most of the issues up for discussion in this country will inevitably be the offspring of Maltese politics

Most of the issues up for discussion in this...

Defining government
Saviour Balzan

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if they are planning to become richer and more comfortable with those whom they became chummy with

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if...

A shimmer of hope to give us faith in humanity
Josanne Cassar

We can take a deep breath and try to look for the good which does exist in...

We can take a deep breath and try to look for the good...

Schrodinger’s government
Raphael Vassallo

The present government is a classic example of the Schrodinger’s Cat paradox in action

The present government is a classic example of the...

General prohibition of discrimination
Kevin Aquilina

Residents and persons present in Malta are left with no choice but to bypass the Maltese legal system and petition the Strasbourg Court with all that it...

Residents and persons present in Malta are left with no...

A poverty of spirit
Josanne Cassar

Maybe it is time they realised that life does not treat everyone fairly and justly and that some have had to carry more than their share of burdens

Maybe it is time they realised that life does not treat...

Addressing the skills deficit
Evarist Bartolo

Employers said: ‘we need employees to be proficient and technically competent… but we also need them to know how to communicate, solve problems,...

Employers said: ‘we need employees to be proficient...

The threat of Islamic terror and our freedom of speech
Mark Camilleri

The notion that a vilification law is needed for national security defeats its...

The notion that a vilification law is needed for national...

Matters of life and death
Michael Falzon

The intriguing question is not whether the pill causes an abortion but how the hell did the seemingly never-ending argument about it start in the first place

The intriguing question is not whether the pill causes an...

Where are Labour’s environmental credentials now?
Raphael Vassallo

It is not the repercussions of any individual project we now have to worry...

It is not the repercussions of any individual project we...

Complacency will be our downfall
Josanne Cassar

Are high-rise towers plonked in the middle of an already crowded urban landscape which already cannot cope with the burden of basic infrastructure that has...

Are high-rise towers plonked in the middle of an already...

Two weights and many towers
Saviour Balzan

This would mean revisiting the shameful policies which are allowing owners of land or derelict dwellings to construct new lavish homes in the countryside

This would mean revisiting the shameful policies which are...

Political silence on Townsquare has played into the hands of developers and Labour
Michael Briguglio

In the case of Townsquare what struck me most was the PN strategy, which played into the hands of the Gasan developers and the Labour government

In the case of Townsquare what struck me most was the PN...

Our deadly roads claim too many victims. The grim stats must stop
Josanne Cassar

I think we have more than enough commemorative plaques in the memory of...

I think we have more than enough commemorative plaques in...

Simon Busuttil and the Wailers
Raphael Vassallo

The PN must be the only political party in the world to reach its peak of hysterical belligerence, just at the time of year when most normal people...

The PN must be the only political party in the world to...

Is the Islamic State invincible?
Frank Psaila

The war on Iraq was a misconceived strategy that is in part to blame for the spread of Islamic militancy

The war on Iraq was a misconceived strategy that is in part...

The EU’s self-defeating austerity
Evarist Bartolo

There are real grievances which demagogues have been able to cunningly exploit

There are real grievances which demagogues have been able...

Joseph Muscat’s time to be resolute
Michael Falzon

Muscat must be plotting his strategy for the next 18 months – a strategy that will probably show him aiming at fulfilling those electoral promises that...

Muscat must be plotting his strategy for the next 18 months...