Pope Francis steering AI towards a more humane future | Alexiei Dingli
As we journey through the challenges of the digital age, Pope Francis's insights offer a moral compass, reminding us to use technology not merely for progress but for the...
Regulating temping agencies
Mark Said
Even before introducing new legislation governing the operation of private employment agencies, the government should be required to develop a monitoring and enforcing mechanism...
Not buried alive any more
Evarist Bartolo

So far the public sector has been the major employer of registered disabled persons while the private sector has been catching up since the government...

So far the public sector has been the major employer of...

The dark side of COP21’s ‘success’
Edward Mallia

Compared to what it could have been it is a miracle; compared to what it should have been it is a disaster

Compared to what it could have been it is a miracle;...

The curious case of Toni Abela
Michael Falzon

The PN’s silly attack on him during the election campaign, regarding the infamous ‘block of ice’ incident, never really dented his perceived...

The PN’s silly attack on him during the election...

All in the family, Labour style
Raphael Vassallo

This week, the Justice Ministry announced two new appointees to the magistrates’ bench… and within seconds, both nominations were mired in...

This week, the Justice Ministry announced two new...

Things that make one think ‘wtf?’
Saviour Balzan

Did no one in the justice ministry or the Attorney General’s office check their facts before nominating the two women to the judiciary?

Did no one in the justice ministry or the Attorney...

Who’s mocking whom?
Josanne Cassar

When absurdities by too many pizellu politicians are happening on a daily basis, a penchant for the ludicrous yet, in their own way, eloquently voiced,...

When absurdities by too many pizellu politicians are...

The Europe I want to live in
Jurgen Balzan

Migration poses a number of challenges which we must address. However, these changes cannot be stopped or pushed back. We can either embrace it or resist it...

Migration poses a number of challenges which we must...

Pot calling kettle, do you read me…
Raphael Vassallo

It’s almost like an immutable law of physics. For each Donald Trump opinion, there will be an equal and opposite Donald Trump opinion. 

It’s almost like an immutable law of physics. For...

A Twitter comment that says it all
Leo Brincat

Paris was a ground-breaker because we set out to craft the enduring framework that would attract the most ambitious action from the widest possible set of...

Paris was a ground-breaker because we set out to craft the...

Storm in a teacup
Carmel Vassallo

Our political and religious gatekeepers need to wake up and smell the coffee. It is not Muslims in Europe who need more tolerance

Our political and religious gatekeepers need to wake up and...

Twixt green and clean
Michael Falzon

While concern about the environment dropped, in the last four months there was a substantial increase in concerns regarding buses and corruption. This says it...

While concern about the environment dropped, in the last...

€12,000 on Tribali is money well spent
Raphael Vassallo

When it emerged that Tribali were engaged to perform at a national festivity for €12,000, some people reacted as if it were some sort of scandal

When it emerged that Tribali were engaged to perform at a...

Yale, Michael and hate
Saviour Balzan

This week was the incredible week of Yale University, which came out with the implausible story that Malta ranked 9th of all countries in the world when it...

This week was the incredible week of Yale University, which...

The rights of children
Josanne Cassar

Women need to understand that when they decide to have a baby, especially with someone in a foreign country, they are basically tying their future to that man...

Women need to understand that when they decide to have a...

Fear is the real threat to the ‘Maltese identity’
Jurgen Balzan

The biggest threat to the ‘Maltese identity’ is the scaremongering...

The biggest threat to the ‘Maltese identity’ is...

Je suis Emmy…
Raphael Vassallo

How is it even possible, that a State regulator which routinely ignores core aspects of its Constitutional mandate suddenly kicks into action only when faced...

How is it even possible, that a State regulator which...

Why bully? Be helpful
Evarist Bartolo

Fostering kindness has been highly effective in creating empathetic school populations that are less likely to partake in bullying behaviour

Fostering kindness has been highly effective in creating...

Sources are sacred. But so are facts
Matthew Vella

Libel lawsuits cannot be determined by attempts to discredit journalists by forcing them to reveal their sources.The courts consider all evidence ...

Libel lawsuits cannot be determined by attempts to...