What the Tsavo lions can teach us about our construction industry
Raphael Vassallo
The same old ‘exploitation’ issues that dogged the Tsavo workforce – where the authorities clearly valued company profits, above human life – apply to 21st...
The connection between crime and drug addiction
Josanne Cassar
During a cursory look at the headlines this week, I noticed (not for the first time) that quite a number of news reports were linked to drugs...
Muscat finally makes the positive turn on migration
James Debono

On migration Muscat has evolved from demagogue to statesman, but we should not...

On migration Muscat has evolved from demagogue to...

Death no more
Jurgen Balzan

If our leaders fail to put human life before winning elections we can vote them out. But I fear that we’re as heartless as our leaders...

If our leaders fail to put human life before winning...

Humanitarian rhetoric and cuckoo-killing
Frank Psaila

Due to its failed polices and lack of effective measures to save lives at sea, the EU is letting hundreds of men, women and children die slowly, on the open...

Due to its failed polices and lack of effective measures to...

The ‘pushed out’ learners
Evarist Bartolo

Young people are being pushed out because of a one-size-fits-all and standard educational programmes. We need to bring back these ‘pushed out’...

Young people are being pushed out because of a...

The five stages of referendum grief
JD Farrugia

I am encouraged by what I see: a large percentage of Maltese can stand up and say that they have done a hell of a lot more for the well being of this country...

I am encouraged by what I see: a large percentage of...

One won’t make it to the cuckoo’s nest
Raphael Vassallo

However you choose to interpret the incident – regrettable accident, or...

However you choose to interpret the incident –...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: local councils and immigration
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan says that decrease in PL support in local councils due to...

Saviour Balzan says that decrease in PL support in local...

Misplaced triumphalism and pyrrhic victories
Saviour Balzan

The fact that we all had to wait for a week to start following the counting of...

The fact that we all had to wait for a week to start...

Time for a reality check
Josanne Cassar

It wasn’t a very wise choice of words by Simon Busuttil to say that “Muscat is no longer invincible” - he basically admitted that up until...

It wasn’t a very wise choice of words by Simon...

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog
Saviour Balzan

After the spring hunting referendum, Malta needs a civil society opposition that questions authority

After the spring hunting referendum, Malta needs a civil...

Hand in hand with Don Bosco
Evarist Bartolo

A foundational belief that lies at the core of the school’s educational approach is that students learn best in different ways, especially if stimulated...

A foundational belief that lies at the core of the...

The changing map of world religions
Carmel Vassallo

The proportion of Muslims in the world’s population will increase from around one in four at present to nearly one in three in 2050, very near to the...

The proportion of Muslims in the world’s population...

This is what we are
Raphael Vassallo

Joseph Muscat is also a politician, and as such cares only about one thing. Power. Judged only by that yardstick, it was a formidable move. Frightening, in...

Joseph Muscat is also a politician, and as such cares only...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan: Spring hunting retained thanks to Muscat

20% of Labour voters would have voted 'no' to spring hunting regardless...

20% of Labour voters would have voted 'no' to...

Yes victory: a poisoned chalice for Muscat
James Debono

No amount of discursive spin can redeem Joseph Muscat’s name with those...

No amount of discursive spin can redeem Joseph...

I’ll believe it when I see it
Josanne Cassar

From the beginning the biggest challenge was apathy because this issue did not stir many people’s emotions enough for them to rouse themselves up and...

From the beginning the biggest challenge was apathy because...

Angry birds and disillusioned democrats
Jurgen Balzan

The fight is far from over. The demands of the green lobby have neither been neutralised nor buried

The fight is far from over. The demands of the green lobby...

Don’t open that tin…
Raphael Vassallo

Political parties too should have an ‘expiry date’ stamped in smudgy ink somewhere on the package. ‘Best before 1976’. Yes, that...

Political parties too should have an ‘expiry...