Raising the collective bargaining coverage – an elusive target?
Sunday, 22 March 2026, 07:03
Last update: about 8 months ago
Marco Bonnici
Collective bargaining is the process of negotiations between employees, through their union and the employer or group of employers. This process often leads to collective agreements. Collective...
Man in the Mirror: The Manosphere
Sunday, 22 March 2026, 07:02
Last update: about 8 months ago
Valerie Visanich
Alpha males, misogynists, toxic masculinities or the manosphere. Call them what you like. They like to think of themselves as the James Bond on steroids. Like Bond, they project themselves are...
A tainted and polluted choice of chief justice
Sunday, 22 March 2026, 07:01
Last update: about 8 months ago
Mark Said
Malta, in general, and the judiciary in particular, needs judicial leadership. The conduct of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, in and outside parliament, does not make things...
From St Patrick to St Joseph and beyond
Sunday, 22 March 2026, 06:07
Last update: about 8 months ago
Noel Grima
Robert Abela and Alex Borg followed each other to the St Patrick's Day massive celebration at St Julian's the other day. I have no doubt they will hog each other's footsteps at the Rabat feast of...
Promised. Done.
Friday, 20 March 2026, 07:59
Last update: about 8 months ago
Owen Bonnici
We started the week on a high, as Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that the Labour government had managed to secure a historic deal to reclaim back Manoel Island and Fort Tigne. We had given our...
Who still reads books?
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 08:00
Last update: about 8 months ago
Alfred Sant
A friend told me: The truth is that you and those who, like you, are interested in getting books published are whistling in the wind. No one reads books anymore. The few who still buy them do so...
Breaking the impasse
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 07:51
Last update: about 8 months ago
Mark Said
Our country prides itself on having a constitution that glows with hallowed provisions guaranteeing fundamental human rights, the rule of law, and justice. The recent run-up to appointing the...
War and peace
Monday, 16 March 2026, 08:00
Last update: about 8 months ago
Alfred Sant
Inevitably over the centuries, the ways by which peoples wage war against each other have changed. The clearest development was in how with the new weapons that came into play (!) from century to...
An irresponsible cannabis authority
Sunday, 15 March 2026, 07:32
Last update: about 8 months ago
Kevin Cassar
The Authority for the Responsible use of Cannabis (ARUC) irresponsibly failed to submit a single financial report since its inception . The Authority was set up in 2021 and became commercially...