Reforming the personal assistance scheme for persons with a disability
Julia Farrugia
In our daily contact with persons with a disabililty and their parents and guardians, we are often reminded of the dilemma facing them when a surviving parent or guardian also...
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.
Better late than never... sort of
Raphael Vassallo

Under the present legal regime, a doctor who prescribes marijuana to a patient can conceivably be charged with ‘sharing’ a drug which is also...

Under the present legal regime, a doctor who prescribes...

Time to back off?
John Baldacchino

I am very pleased that Dr Simon Busuttil decided to pull out of what he aptly calls the party leaders’ “Sunday sermons”. I do hope that the...

I am very pleased that Dr Simon Busuttil decided to pull...

A selfie for the PN
Evarist Bartolo

Simon Busuttil is still surrounded by the some of the same old faces with the same old problems.

Simon Busuttil is still surrounded by the some of the same...

In defence of the Constitution's supremacy
Kevin Aquilina

I can never agree that the Commission for the Administration of Justice...

I can never agree that the Commission for the...

What happened to that judicial reform?
Raphael Vassallo

How many more gross miscarriages of justice must this country see, before we finally realise that the entire system needs to be overhauled from scratch?

How many more gross miscarriages of justice must this...

Integration removes the barrier
Farah Abdi

Cultural orientation and language classes go a long way in making migrants less of strangers

Cultural orientation and language classes go a long way in...

Just how deprived are we of grey matter?
Saviour Balzan

The worst offence Muscat could commit, would be to genuflect to the hunters and insist that the referendum on spring hunting is held as a stand alone and not...

The worst offence Muscat could commit, would be to...

When the price is right
Josanne Cassar

After all those years that Sant spent railing and protesting against Bondiplus, deflating the whole thing turned out to be quite easy huh?

After all those years that Sant spent railing and...

Football ought to help, not squeeze economies
Angelo Chetcuti

And the question is: will England get another chance at 2022?

And the question is: will England get another chance at...

Genuine or fake, the hunters’ petition must be verified
Raphael Vassallo

If it also turns out that a number of signatures are fakes, there should be...

If it also turns out that a number of signatures are fakes,...

Teenagers and the internet
Evarist Bartolo

The possible effects of excessive use of internet has sparked a debate between different schools of thought: those who believe that moderate internet use is...

The possible effects of excessive use of internet has...

Back to the drawing board
Michael Falzon

After last week’s disappointing electoral result, will the PN go back to the drawing board, eat some humble pie and change its tactics?

After last week’s disappointing electoral result,...

Four funerals and a baptism
Raphael Vassallo

The Nationalist Party does not need to bury itself wholesale – it only needs to bury those things that have made it so unpopular over the years

The Nationalist Party does not need to bury itself...

What's worse than being in denial?
Saviour Balzan

We need a strong opposition, one that offers an alternative.

We need a strong opposition, one that offers an alternative.

When a mother lies
Josanne Cassar

Children desperately need their fathers too, and our society will be all the poorer if women persist by all means possible to cut men out of the...

Children desperately need their fathers too, and our...

Don't touch the referendum
James Debono

Presenting a petition calling on parliament to restrict referendum rights to protect the hunting lobby, undermines the democratic credentials of the...

Presenting a petition calling on parliament to...

A blessing in disguise
Frank Psaila

Joseph Muscat understands electors’ psyche, the Nationalist Party does not: this is what the Simon Busuttil’s PN is up against and unless it...

Joseph Muscat understands electors’ psyche, the...

The legitimacy of a government after an EP election defeat
Kevin Aquilina

Maltese political parties do not seem to suffer from this legitimacy syndrome....

Maltese political parties do not seem to suffer from this...