The smart path to automatic enrolment pension implementation
Sunday, 21 September 2025, 07:38
Last update: about 11 months ago
David Spiteri Gingell
I have been banging the drum for Auto-Enrolment (AE) since 2009. Not because I like the sound of it, but because Malta needs it. Our pension system cannot rely forever on pay-as-you-go promises and...
The hundred days of summer
Friday, 19 September 2025, 07:30
Last update: about 11 months ago
Owen Bonnici
For many of us, summer is a season to look forward to: long days, family gatherings, and a welcome pause from the usual routine, but for us, summer is also a...
Parliamentary work
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 11 months ago
Alfred Sant
This year if I'm keeping a correct tally, the Malta Parliament has had the shortest summer holidays in recent years, almost as short as those of the European Parliament. Which signals that there was...
Reforming the Industrial Tribunal
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 07:45
Last update: about 11 months ago
Mark Said
Malta's Industrial Tribunal has regularly been the subject of more than one controversy since it was set up in the mid-1970s to deal exclusively with cases involving breaches of workers' rights, such...
Demographic imbalances
Monday, 15 September 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 12 months ago
Alfred Sant
Truly the ever growing demographic imbalances have become a topic that gives rise to much worry. At least if it is to be considered as a serious matter (and I believe it should) that the Maltese...
How Clifton Grima let it happen
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 08:15
Last update: about 12 months ago
Kevin Cassar
Clifton Grima is the minister responsible for MCAST. He's been Education Minister since 2021. He should have known about the disaster at MCAST's payroll, which the Auditor General repeatedly pointed...
Of lies and lies
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 08:13
Last update: about 12 months ago
Frans Camilleri
In Book V of his "Histories", Herodotus suggested that, although Aristagoras failed to convince the Spartan king to help the Ionians against Persia, he succeeded in getting Athens to do so because it...
Gozo held hostage by broken promises
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 08:12
Last update: about 12 months ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
Every year the budget season arrives with several impressive words about Gozo - uniqueness, resilience, sustainability, inclusivity. Ministers speak as if the island sits on the brink of...
Dear Alex
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 08:11
Last update: about 12 months ago
Darren Carabott
It hasn't been a week since you have taken the reins of the Nationalist Party, so understandably things are still extremely fresh for everyone, no less for you. However, as you have pointed out on...
Vision 2050: a green alternative
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 08:09
Last update: about 12 months ago
Carmel Cacopardo
In response to government's Vision 2050, ADPD The Green Party this week published an alternative view, a green alternative. It is an alternative which factors in that which government's...