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...
Clientelism
Monday, 31 August 2020, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
The Maltese political system is built around clientelism – but it is not alone in this. During the discussions about constitutional reform – that were to be held? that will be held?...
Mediation and healing
Sunday, 30 August 2020, 10:28
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
The country needs the rift within the PN to heal as it needs to find how to cope with the post-Muscat mess. Not only because Robert Abela is increasingly proving himself unable to do so, but also...
The debate on the National Environment Strategy
Sunday, 30 August 2020, 10:14
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The human person forms an integral part of the eco-system. We do not form part of “the economy”. The economy is the manner in which we organise ourselves, but the eco-system is our...
Is there any way forward for the PN?
Sunday, 30 August 2020, 09:31
Last update: about 5 years ago
Victor Calleja
Let me state, restate, or reemphasise something. In the big scheme of history, I have always tended to favour the PN. And that’s not because I was born blue or because I pledged allegiance till...