Work-based learning: Adding relevance to the educational experience
Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando
The National Skills Council is committed to bringing the educational and employment sectors together to ensure that our citizens acquire the skills relevant to an increasingly...
The right to the environment
Michael Falzon
Can one breach the Constitution for an act because of a subjective opinion about the effects of one’s actions?
Killing Nicholas Azzopardi after his death
Evarist Bartolo

He spent the last summer of his life working hard with his son diagnosed with...

He spent the last summer of his life working hard with his...

Portomaso politics: is Labour becoming the new PN?
James Debono

Roderick Galdes’s vote for the Portomaso project extension reflects a trend...

Roderick Galdes’s vote for the Portomaso project...

Penthouses: when words are not enough
James Debono

Revising the policy on penthouses is the right thing to do. But why not change this policy immediately to stop the onslaught of ugliness?

Revising the policy on penthouses is the right thing to do....

The Constitution is not a tomb
Raphael Vassallo

Today we are in danger of attempting to transform the Constitution of Malta into a tomb: bury an archaic notion of our ‘national identity’ before people...

Today we are in danger of attempting to transform the...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan is back with a new videoblog, this time to discuss the impasse between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and backbencher Franco Debono.

Saviour Balzan is back with a new videoblog, this time to...

A Greek tragedy with a Maltese flavour
Saviour Balzan

The line between patronage and meritocracy simply does not exist.

The line between patronage and meritocracy simply does not...

Pathological nation
Raphael Vassallo

It seems that in oh-so-Catholic 21st century Malta the act of sexually dominating an 18-year-old girl is now considered the very epitome of human kindness and...

It seems that in oh-so-Catholic 21st century Malta the act...

MRA’s veil of secrecy
Evarist Bartolo

MRA has not bothered to explain all these price increases and accused it of failing in its role as an independent regulator.

MRA has not bothered to explain all these price increases...

It’s been a while
Claudine Cassar

I find the whole Yana Mintoff Bland scenario unbelievable...

I find the whole Yana Mintoff Bland scenario unbelievable...

A stand in favour of divorce does not make you liberal, Jeffrey
James Debono

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando is stirring a hornet’s nest by opposing Turkey’s...

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando is stirring a hornet’s nest by...

Rewriting history again, are we?
Raphael Vassallo

You can carry on treating your audiences like children and fools as much as you like. But you can’t so easily rewrite history, and expect to fool us all.

You can carry on treating your audiences like children and...

Mintoff: man, myth and bullshit
Raphael Vassallo

Contrary to widespread misconception, the ‘Dom’ alluded to in the movie title “Dear Dom” is NOT (repeat: NOT) an abbreviation for ‘Dominatrix’.

Contrary to widespread misconception, the ‘Dom’ alluded...

Thank God it's Easter
Saviour Balzan

I trust you heard the great news. Alan Camilleri – the man who runs MaltaEnterprise and who said he would sue MaltaToday for libel every time we mentioned...

I trust you heard the great news. Alan Camilleri – the...

Mintoff: man, myth and bullshit
Raphael Vassallo

Contrary to widespread misconception, the ‘Dom’ alluded to in the movie title “Dear Dom” is NOT (repeat: NOT) an abbreviation for ‘Dominatrix’.

Contrary to widespread misconception, the ‘Dom’ alluded...

Parliament and democracy in a coma
Evarist Bartolo

We are the only part-time parliament in the EU, meeting 10 hours-and-a-half on a weekly basis.

We are the only part-time parliament in the EU, meeting 10...

Where has the safe pair of hands gone?
Michael Falzon

The other day, Labour leader Joseph Muscat told an interviewer on One News that if the project at the entrance to Valletta is completed under a Labour...

The other day, Labour leader Joseph Muscat told an...

Dear Dom: beyond the hero-villain dichotomy
James Debono

Pierre Ellul was courageous to take on a national icon but he did not go much...

Pierre Ellul was courageous to take on a national icon but...

That’s one small step for conviction; one giant leap for convenience
Saviour Balzan

If City Gate is not an example of unbridled ugliness, MEPA should really have no problem with waving a green flag to all the applications in the urban...

If City Gate is not an example of unbridled ugliness, MEPA...