What's really happening in the education sector?
Josanne Cassar
Devaluating and diminishing the role of teachers will only have a domino effect on the type of employees we will end up with in the future. In fact, the effects of this are...
Lifting a middle finger to Steward
Saviour Balzan
Then and now MaltaToday was highly critical of the deal with Steward and before that Vitals, where Ernst also had the role of CEO
The season to be Ornis
Raphael Vassallo

In their eagerness to accommodate hunters in all things, both political parties would be perfectly willing to move not only mountains, but also the entire...

In their eagerness to accommodate hunters in all things,...

Women. Phenomenally, phenomenal women
Farah Abdi

Oprah has Gayle, Beyonce has Kelly, Barack has Michelle. I have my mum.

Oprah has Gayle, Beyonce has Kelly, Barack has Michelle. I...

The privatisation of energy
James Debono

Privatisation has enabled Joseph Muscat to honour his major electoral pledge to reduce electricity bills without increasing spending. But what are the...

Privatisation has enabled Joseph Muscat to honour his major...

Signs of waning interest
Josanne Cassar

Reactions to the Muscat-Busuttil Xarabank debate suggest that local politicians should fear one thing above all: indifference.

Reactions to the Muscat-Busuttil Xarabank debate suggest...

Saving Syria and its children
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Aid organizations need more support but it is not too late to make a difference and be a part of the movement to help save a generation of Syria’s...

Aid organizations need more support but it is not too late...

Idleness is not an option
Evarist Bartolo

The government is being proactive in making inroads for unemployed individuals to break out of an unemployed life

The government is being proactive in making inroads for...

Invasion of the closet skeletons
Raphael Vassallo

When you turn to the Opposition to enquire how it intends opposing the political lunacy of the government, all you see are the somnambulating skeletons of all...

When you turn to the Opposition to enquire how it intends...

Of accents, governments and oppositions
John Baldacchino

One year in, the weight of governance has somewhat frustrated Joseph Muscat’s ambition to sustain his inclusive 'movement'

One year in, the weight of governance has somewhat...

Stuff their mouths with gold
Saviour Balzan

Labour’s new brand of political appointees attract a lot of gossip. Some of that talk is unjustified and simply driven by envy. In other cases, however,...

Labour’s new brand of political appointees attract a...

Detention is a cage that spurs frustration
Farah Abdi

As a person who has gone through the system myself, I can attest to the...

As a person who has gone through the system myself, I can...

Wrong medium, wrong message
Josanne Cassar

Every time Michelle Muscat says or does something, or even when she makes a fashion choice, she is up against a swathe of the population which is ready to...

Every time Michelle Muscat says or does something, or even...

The silent suffering of Mater Dei's overcrowding
Paul Pace

Will the personal ordeal suffered by most patients admitted to Mater Dei...

Will the personal ordeal suffered by most patients admitted...

One year later: the travails of democratic change
Michael Falzon

Labour must learn how to better resist the pressure for handouts that is...

Labour must learn how to better resist the pressure for...

What’s in a presidency?
Raphael Vassallo

Moving such players around the chessboard may radically alter the outcome of the political game.

Moving such players around the chessboard may radically...

A left-wing presidency for Malta?
Michael Briguglio

The ideological orientation of the social policy minister who will replace Coleiro Preca will be decisive as to the Labour government's direction on welfare

The ideological orientation of the social policy minister...

Two weights and two friggin’ measures
Saviour Balzan

Policemen have been busily wasting their time to prosecute individuals who have passed comments on a newspaper portal about the horrible state of hunting.

Policemen have been busily wasting their time to prosecute...

D is for democracy. And also for Disney…
Raphael Vassallo

'Impossible' things suddenly become 'possible' when the results...

'Impossible' things suddenly become...

‘Work is not just a four letter word’
Evarist Bartolo

This past year we have given special attention to fifth form students who had...

This past year we have given special attention to fifth...