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We need a culture change

Sunday, 25 August 2024, 08:27 Last update: about 3 years ago

We are once again in a very sad place. Once again, the country has had to salute one of its daughters, who was snatched at her prime, way too early.  Nicolette Ghirxi was murdered in her...

The skill to succeed

Sunday, 25 August 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago

In today's rapidly evolving global economy, the traditional dichotomy between technical and so-called "soft" skills has increasingly become outdated and irrelevant. The term "soft skills" was used to...

Waking up to the dangers of over tourism

Monday, 19 August 2024, 07:04 Last update: about 3 years ago Julian Zarb

  This week the news was, primarily, dominated by statements by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) concerning over-tourism and unsustainable policies to tourism development....

A year of achievements

Sunday, 18 August 2024, 08:04 Last update: about 3 years ago

Since its inception, a year ago, the Centre for the Maltese Language (ĊIM) has been busy reaching out to stakeholders and implementing projects and initiatives to strengthen the Maltese language....

Thoughts of an octogenarian

Sunday, 11 August 2024, 07:52 Last update: about 3 years ago

How time flies! Yes, I will repeat that: time flies before our eyes and yet we do not observe it doing so. We do not see time flying past. We realise this when the body starts to buckle under the...

Hands off Swieqi

Sunday, 4 August 2024, 08:28 Last update: about 3 years ago

Our legislators and planners seem to be oblivious to the fact that the once pleasant residential town called Swieqi is in grave danger of being downgraded to an extension of Paceville. The mad...

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