The connection between a sense of entitlement and trouble finding a job
Josanne Cassar
There are plenty of jobs out there (unless all these vacancies I see are bogus) - but one cannot expect to find the right job immediately or without slogging away and paying...
Writing memories
Saviour Balzan
Our children have been brought up with a digital screen on their mobile or laptop. They do not read. They are overwhelmed by the immediacy and voyeurism of the digital world.
Breaking the taboo
Frank Psaila

Our language is loaded with stigma when referring to people with mental health problems – using words like mignun, jekk jarawh barra jigbruh, spissjat,...

Our language is loaded with stigma when referring to people...

Age of Consent: The Evil Abortion Conspiracy…
Raphael Vassallo

In the present climate, any member of parliament who even broaches the idea of...

In the present climate, any member of parliament who even...

Why we should all protest to save Zonqor
James Debono

A huge turnout in next Saturday’s national protest is not only crucial to save Zonqor Point from development but also to stop government from considering...

A huge turnout in next Saturday’s national protest is...

This is a country of Gaffarenas
Saviour Balzan

The Gaffarenas, it has been suggested, are no different to other land speculators and businessmen. They believe that they should act and then answer questions...

The Gaffarenas, it has been suggested, are no different to...

We’re going nowhere, fast
Josanne Cassar

On Malta’s roads, driving too fast is a death wish.  

On Malta’s roads, driving too fast is a death wish....

Everybody’s doing the ‘Gaffarena’…
Raphael Vassallo

There’s a whole new craze set to sweep the dance floors this summer....

There’s a whole new craze set to sweep the dance...

Why online consultation has its merits
Leo Brincat

On the American University issue, the key question posed by some who were sceptical about the whole idea was whether it makes sense to have an online...

On the American University issue, the key question posed by...

Defining national interest
Ryan Callus

The national interest cannot be served by destroying a substantial natural area, designated as a natural park, for the benefit of some foreign investor

The national interest cannot be served by destroying a...

Mind your languages
Evarist Bartolo

An international benchmark of proficiency levels of English in Malta will enable comparisons with other Commonwealth countries

An international benchmark of proficiency levels of English...

‘Charlie Charlie’ and the shock-and-horror factory
Raphael Vassallo

‘Charlie Charlie’ is the stuff of chocolate factories, for crying...

‘Charlie Charlie’ is the stuff of chocolate...

[WATCH] Police must investigate Gaffarena deal
Saviour Balzan

‘Impossible to believe that lands identified in Gaffarena expropriation...

‘Impossible to believe that lands identified in...

From Falzon to Louis Galea with love
Saviour Balzan

The only people paying dearly for the Gaffarena and Mater Dei scandals are those who had nothing to do with the scandals – the ones who pay their taxes...

The only people paying dearly for the Gaffarena and Mater...

Qualify this
Josanne Cassar

It is about time more of us demand higher standards from those who offer some kind of service, and actively seek out those who are properly qualified in what...

It is about time more of us demand higher standards from...

It’s a kind of magic…
Raphael Vassallo

Not content with performing vanishing tricks on such things as ‘accountability’, ‘political responsibility’ and so on… the...

Not content with performing vanishing tricks on such things...

I don’t want to live in a Dubai in the Mediterranean
Jurgen Balzan

A few months ago Zonqor Point in Marsaskala was inadequate for a hotel but it...

A few months ago Zonqor Point in Marsaskala was inadequate...

The Organisation
Kevin-James Fenech

I cringe with embarrassment as I watch Sepp Blatter declare to the rest of world that he wants to clean things up at FIFA, as if he wasn’t the...

I cringe with embarrassment as I watch Sepp Blatter...

Ground-breaking reform at the ETC
Evarist Bartolo

Malta’s labour market would further benefit from a re-birth of a fresh, client-friendly national employment specialist service agency remodelled from the...

Malta’s labour market would further benefit from a...

Sustainability according to Leo
James Debono

If the Environment Minister believes that construction of a campus in a natural park is an example of sustainable development, he is clearly not fit for...

If the Environment Minister believes that construction of a...