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Rethinking half-yearly examinations in secondary schools

Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Union of Teachers

                This period of the year is characterized by examinations which are still equated with stress affecting students, families...

Towards productive social dialogue

Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 08:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

Trade unions and employers’ organisations are two, if not the main, actors considered as the back-bone of industrial democracy at the place of work.  Government is expected to act as the...

Government playing with fire

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 15:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Kristy Debono

Government seems to be losing its economic plot. Over and over again Labour government is failing to put its their money where their mouth is.   Current economic indicators, which have...

Contradictions and honour

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Before the general election, the Labour Party promised it would work hard to curb, possibly eradicate, corruption. Right on cue, the oil procurement scandal erupted in parallel with the election...

Towards clean politics

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Andre Camilleri Camilleri

This seems to be a year for cleaning up one’s acts with financial fair play and transparency being tackled in various European institutions. Strange as it seems, these matters are bringing out...

Men in a hurry

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Alfred Mifsud

It is easy to label Matteo Renzi as a man in a hurry. He has brought new energy and determination to the Italian political scene. Italy desperately needs a true leader with a sense of urgency and many...

Footing the bill

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Michael Asciak

Antonio de Curtis, better known by his stage name ‘Toto’, was a brilliant Italian actor and comedian whom I relished seeing on Italian television during my childhood. His drama, poetry and...

The future of Gozo in Europe

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Helga Ellul

First of all let me start off by stating categorically that Gozo has been an important beneficiary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Between 2004 and 2013, the island received a total...

The Big Bang Theory

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Roberta Metsola, who was elected to the European Parliament on the Nationalist Party ticket, is leading a petition for European action against the location of an enormous floating gas-storage unit...

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