Are we are sleepwalking into an educational abyss? | Louis Naudi
Can we continue to ignore this debate? A workforce possessing these thinking tools is a necessity for a Maltese society capable of evolving.
16-year-olds running the country? Maybe it’s not such a bad idea, after all…
Raphael Vassallo
Ah, but can we say the same for all the ‘adult politicians’, that we vote for in each and every election? No, I didn’t think so, either…
Learning more by moving
Evarist Bartolo

Physical literacy activities are one of the best ways to get all children gain better control over their behaviour and to engage with and retain what is being...

Physical literacy activities are one of the best ways to...

Books: What needs to be done
Mark Camilleri

These are exciting times for Maltese authors and publishers and the success of the recent Malta Book Festival is just one element which proves this

These are exciting times for Maltese authors and publishers...

‘Always do your duty’
Roberta Metsola

We cannot allow the business-as-usual procrastination to repeat itself in the Paris summit next week. We need a binding climate deal and we need States to put...

We cannot allow the business-as-usual procrastination to...

The fridge-magnet mentality
Michael Falzon

The way the Castille lighting was installed is not just another problem: it is a symptom of a malaise that has overtaken the decision making process within the...

The way the Castille lighting was installed is not just...

The President’s new clothes…
Raphael Vassallo

They are merely the heads of government in Commonwealth countries. No one else in the rest of the world is paying the remotest attention to anything they do or...

They are merely the heads of government in Commonwealth...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Depending on the government of the day, people of one political colour are gratified and those of the rival colour brushed aside

Depending on the government of the day, people of one...

Want illegalities to stop? Stop supporting them
Josanne Cassar

It is bad enough that those in government are turning a blind eye to the rule...

It is bad enough that those in government are turning a...

What you say, how you say it and who says it
Saviour Balzan

We have a political class that is basically dishonourable on each side of the...

We have a political class that is basically dishonourable...

Better leave God out of it, I’d say…
Raphael Vassallo

From this angle, where God actually stands on the issue – with the victims, or with the terrorists – suddenly becomes important to determine.

From this angle, where God actually stands on the issue...

A vocational dimension to secondary education
Evarist Bartolo

We need to understand the nature of vocational learning and the processes it...

We need to understand the nature of vocational learning and...

No perfect answers after Paris attacks
Leo Brincat

Although those who resist a blank cheque approach to migration are often dismissed as insensitive, on the other hand an open door policy is in itself reckless...

Although those who resist a blank cheque approach to...

We must prepare for a 30-year war in the Middle East
The Conversation

We have recently entered the 15th year of what used to be called the “War...

We have recently entered the 15th year of what used to be...

A gift from Sadeen to the Marsaskala local council
James Debono

The question remains: why is Sadeen, with no experience in running...

The question remains: why is Sadeen, with no experience in...

Going against one's own manifesto
Mark Anthony Sammut

We need more representatives who, like Marlene Farrugia, place their loyalty to constituents before that to their party

We need more representatives who, like Marlene Farrugia,...

Nuts? Definitely. Senile? Not at all…
Raphael Vassallo

Senile dementia implies a loss of cognitive faculties as a result of age. Mifsud Bonnici may fall into the sort of age bracket most commonly affected,...

Senile dementia implies a loss of cognitive faculties as a...

All is pardoned
Saviour Balzan

The jihadists who shoot and are willing to die for their cause distinguish themselves from their predecessors by believing that dying in the course of their...

The jihadists who shoot and are willing to die for their...

What ever happened to the pleasure of anticipation?
Josanne Cassar

And whether it’s clubbing in Paceville, drinking, driving or having sex,...

And whether it’s clubbing in Paceville, drinking,...

‘Fixing Paceville’ means fixing ourselves
Raphael Vassallo

Last Saturday’s pandemonium also illustrates that in some ways, Paceville...

Last Saturday’s pandemonium also illustrates that in...