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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.

Saviour Balzan

Instead of asking me who the Maltese are, I guess it is best to ask what the Maltese want.

Instead of asking me who the Maltese are, I guess it is...

Raphael Vassallo

Funny how certain memories trigger themselves off every now and again.

Funny how certain memories trigger themselves off every now...

Safeguarding a national asset – bilingualism

Evarist Bartolo

We consider our efforts to improve levels of literacy to be an important factor...

We consider our efforts to improve levels of literacy to be...

James Debono

The introduction of a short term ‘effective residence’ before the granting of citizenship to the rich, should embolden a campaign for amendments to the...

The introduction of a short term ‘effective residence’...

Raphael Vassallo

If the European Court rules that the scheme is illegal… Busuttil’s own refusal to refund an estimated €1 billion will suddenly look uncomfortably like...

If the European Court rules that the scheme is illegal…...

Saviour Balzan

What is with Labour's infatuation with the developers' lobby?

What is with Labour's infatuation with the developers'...

Saviour Balzan

Very much like World War Z, all politicians eventually succumb to the same virus and turn into zombies

Very much like World War Z, all politicians eventually...

Raphael Vassallo

There is nothing ‘patriotic’ about an obsessive teenage crush on a party which doesn’t actually represent anything but its own interests

There is nothing ‘patriotic’ about an obsessive teenage...

Carmen Sammut

Men and women are now inhabiting a hyper-sexualised scenario but the selfies can be interpreted as an act of defiance against the restraints of the past.

Men and women are now inhabiting a hyper-sexualised...

Jurgen Balzan

Muscat’s audacity on citizenship has not only given rise to nationalistic fervour on both sides of the tribal divide, but raises questions on the...

Muscat’s audacity on citizenship has not only given rise...

Saviour Balzan

Without wanting to sound like a prima donna, had it not been for MaltaToday, no oil scandal would have ever materialised

Without wanting to sound like a prima donna, had it not...

Evarist Bartolo

Statistical data shows that we have an increase in employment coupled with an increase in unemployment

Statistical data shows that we have an increase in...

Claudine Cassar

It is not the major political parties that are to blame for the sorry state of affairs, but the electorate

It is not the major political parties that are to blame for...

Europe is not for sale. Unless you make a really, really good offer…

Raphael Vassallo

Why has Commissioner Reding not already called upon all EU member states which have such investor programmes in place, to instantly withdraw those programmes...

Why has Commissioner Reding not already called upon all EU...

James Debono

Unfortunately the Labour Party is sending all the wrong messages to the very people who are most ready to offer Malta solidarity on themes like migration.

Unfortunately the Labour Party is sending all the wrong...

Saviour Balzan

John Baldacchino

Is this a debate on European solidarity or a price war? It depends on how we view the EU and how Malta has evolved (if at all) within the EU

Is this a debate on European solidarity or a price war? It...

This is about European competition: nothing more, nothing less

Raphael Vassallo

Malta gave competing EU member states a good run for their money… and our...

Malta gave competing EU member states a good run for their...