In the past 3 years, the Maltese media landscape was on the receiving end of what are referred to as SLAPP suits. In simple terms, these are lawsuits filed by plaintiffs with deep pockets and...

Social cohesion is about the well-being of people, focusing mainly on safeguarding the rights of citizens. In this regard, well-being includes civil and political rights as well as social rights,...

The vouchers announced this week are a good move. Yet we need to do much, much more to feed the hunger of private investment in the hospitality and leisure industry that is designed on an influx of...

Now that we are slowly going back to the way of life we had prior to the peak of COVID-19, we have the opportunity to learn from past mistakes and create a better post-COVID reality. It is clear that...

Now that the Covid-19 seems to have slowed its pace of destruction in certain parts of the world, includes in our country as well, but certainly not in other parts of the world where it is claiming a...

Time and time again, our economy has encountered several momentous challenges. Nevertheless, our nation’s ability to be agile, flexible and resilient has ensured that our economy has invariably...

The breadth of human knowledge continues to expand as the sciences advance. In parallel, people are becoming ever more connected with one another. 16% of people used the Internet in 2005. By 2017,...

American actress Mariska Hargitay had said that “healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.”  Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have observed a...

Even before the advent of COVID-19, disruption proved a constant threat to most businesses. With the COVID-19 crisis, we know that this is no ordinary economic downturn: fundamental changes in...

Recently, the local media carried a story which risks making journalists the unwitting accomplices in laundering the bad reputation of the disgraced prime minister, Joseph Muscat. It was a lead...