We've been hearing a lot and ad nauseam from all sides about institutions and how we need to let them operate freely. In reality, few really believe in this principle or in "allowing" institutions to...

I have already had the opportunity to comment on the jury system a few weeks ago ('Does the jury system breach human rights', The Malta Independent on Sunday, 16 August 2026). In that piece I had...

Nearly after nine years that the country was shaken by the most gruesome murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, full justice remains unserved.  After so many investigations, inquiries, and...

There is something profoundly human about donation. We may never know the person whose life is saved by the blood we give. An organ donor may never meet the person who will one day receive their...

When we talk about poverty, we often think of a lack of money or housing. However, there is another form of poverty that frequently goes unnoticed: the poverty of human relationships, belonging, and...

The TV died mid-show on Friday, August 28, at around 19:30. The thermometer inside my house read 38 degrees, and I had just reached for the air conditioner. Instead, darkness swallowed the room, the...

A free media is a central pillar of democracy.  Journalists and opinion leaders perform the vital work of holding truth to power and guarding human rights globally, by keeping the public informed...

Vocational education has an important and respected place within any modern education system. Economies need skilled technicians, craftspeople, hospitality professionals, digital specialists, carers...

Malta's fertility rate fell to a record 1.01 children per woman in 2024, remaining the lowest in the European Union for the eighth consecutive year, compared with an EU average of 1.34. Both these...

The proceedings surrounding the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have exposed more than the circumstances of one of Malta's darkest crimes. They have also brought before the courts a...