It’s that time of the academic year that is fraught with exam script correction, dissertation reading and moderation, orals, vivas, assignment reviews and frustrating electronic marking...

“We have a culture of impunity - impunity is entrenched, systemic and goes from top to bottom.  Those at the very top show blatant disregard and contempt for the rule of law.  They...

Dear Editor,  This week I want to write about chaos – chaos in Malta’s application of Schengen, chaos in permits, grammatical chaos – but somehow I hesitate. Because whereas the...

Malta’s divorce referendum in 2011 reinforced ethical pluralism in the Maltese islands. The intensive debate on civil rights, IVF and abortion are a direct result of the divorce referendum....

This past week has been characterised, in my opinion, by at least two significant statements by two prominent and long-standing icons of the Labour Party, Manwel Cuschieri and Jason...

Change does not come about easily. It is the result of hard work, commitment, and courage.  It is also the result of determination and a vision based on a belief that a better reality and a...

New buildings are being allowed to climb high so they can throw their shadow everywhere. This reminds me of a play written long ago by my friend Lino Farrugia, titled “Rocks without...

The success of Malta’s future neutrality policy will depend, to a large extent, on the wisdom and prudence of its politicians. In periods of great turmoil, as the one we are experiencing now,...

Stories about how court cases are being processed and about police investigations or their lack, arouse disquiet beyond the political controversies they give rise to. Especially if little to no...

“Are the Labour and Nationalist Parties looking into why so many of their erstwhile voters are so disenchanted?”, Evarist Bartolo, former Labour Education minister wrote in an opinion...