The government's failure in the education sector has become evident by its lack of a robust long-term plan and its failure to deliver declared objectives. From the failure to deliver the school per...

As the scholastic year starts again, several post-secondary colleges gear up to receive students who have completed their secondary educational studies. Up until now, excellent work in this field has...

"Good leaders have vision and inspire others to help them turn vision into reality. Great leaders have vision, share vision and inspire others to create their own." (Roy T. Bennett). This is exactly...

What is an activist? I dunno much, but I call myself an activist as 'militant' sounds too much like ISIS who are also fundamentalists, but of a different colour. Mind you, if today you are not an...

Joseph Muscat’s ambition to make Malta the “Best in Europe” seems to have been thwarted by reality. Let us consider a few examples. According to the most recent Worldwide...

The showdown between the government and the Malta Union of Teachers reminds us of the ongoing struggles faced by the teaching profession, brought to the public's attention particularly with the...

I was pleased to address the 1st Global Street Economy & Street Vendors Conference at the Valletta campus of the University of Malta this week. The event was a unique international collaboration...

This article seeks to analyse some of the consequences of Brexit whether a withdrawal agreement is reached or is not. While the departure of the UK from the EU will have some effects, seen from a...

The Malta Independent editorial, (Friday 28 September) brought back to my mind a number of points which I had mentioned in an article published  a few weeks ago, entitled 'Abusing Zuckerberg's...

The message in a recent conference on the property market was that the market is fine, that there is no property bubble, but urged government to do more to help for those who can't afford today's...