I recently received an email from one of my readers who supports the issue of euthanasia and abortion. Although not wishing to enter into debates, I respect points of views, even if I do not entirely...

The MCESD is proposing a four-day workweek pilot project. Surely we would all love a three-day weekend but what if this was made the norm and the traditional five-day week scrapped altogether? Would...

After I outlined the basic requirements for a more hospitable and service-oriented tourism activity two weeks ago,  I was rather shocked not to see any significant sign or reference to tourism in...

Barely two weeks have passed since the European Socialists were in Malta for their first ever physical meeting in two years. The theme for this year’s meeting, was “United for a more...

It is ironic how in a span of few years, an administration who claims to have spearheaded social dialogue is using repeatedly prohibitory injunctions in court to try to arm-twist and muzzle trade...

How does one recover from a once-in-a-century event like a global pandemic? On an individual level, it is already no easy feat; on a national, administrative level, the stakes are higher than...

We know this from studies conducted throughout the latter half of the 20th century. In the Nordic countries, a GDP increase of up to 20% was attributable to the participation of women in the workforce...

Trying to come out of turbulent times during which our Island Republic appears to have collapsed and been discredited, one is tempted to ponder on a possible need of establishing a new Republic of...

The Minister of Finance had a ‘Road to Damascus’ moment recently; acknowledging that our economy relies too much on construction. Great! Better late than never. Now if the Minister is...

September 1 is the conventional start date for the European war.  But little in life is set in stone.  Of course, a pedant might want to point out that the British and French only declared...