Where has all the oompah gone?
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 10:56
Last update: about 5 years ago
Charles Flores
I vividly remember the days in the early 90s when Maltese broadcasting was just about to be thrust open and pluralism introduced. While those of us employed at the national broadcaster got into the...
Green rights through Constitutional reform
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 10:32
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The forthcoming Constitutional Convention, whenever it happens, is an opportunity to entrench green rights in the Constitution. This can be carried out through spelling out such rights unequivocally...
PN: transform or disband
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 09:28
Last update: about 5 years ago
Victor Calleja
Our country is in a fine mess. The whole democratic framework is at risk of total obliteration. Our finances, our reputation, our future are all shaky. Through strange mesmeric means or not, the...
Life is cheap
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 08:31
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
There is one underlying truth at the basis of most of the stories that attract our attention on a daily basis: life is cheap on our island. Whether one considers the constant stream of traffic...
A tale of two plots
Saturday, 5 September 2020, 07:04
Last update: about 5 years ago
Rachel Borg
As the heat continues to grip our island, there are two distinct plots that are unfolding around us. One is the courtroom dramas that have released a paintball game with one witness after...
Education beyond COVID-19
Friday, 4 September 2020, 07:11
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
“Preventing a learning crisis from becoming a generational catastrophe requires urgent action from all. Education is not only a fundamental human right. It is an enabling right with direct...
Prostitution
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
The ongoing discussion about a change in the laws relating to prostitution opens up some fundamental dilemmas. To what extent should the rules of the “free market” be in force? Can those...
Decent income
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 07:26
Last update: about 5 years ago
Michael Briguglio
Recent data and policy discourse confirm that Malta is in need of tackling its income policies. At the same time, the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic complicates matters as polities around...
NGOs gasping for breath
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 06:49
Last update: about 5 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
I am no fan of charity campaigns or telethons or any other activity, for that matter, intended to collect money and in the process debase and humble beneficiaries. To me, it is demeaning and...
Light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 06:46
Last update: about 5 years ago
Peter Agius
As we speak, hundreds of Maltese businesses are reviewing company balance sheets day after day, calculating how long they can last with plummeting turnovers. The government fiasco in handling the...