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Science and technology

Friday, 28 August 2020, 07:15 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

STEM Education is a crucial pillar, not only for the future of the education sector but also for the future of our economy because we want a sustainable economy, which continues to realize the...

The second wave

Thursday, 27 August 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

It’s not just in Malta that the second wave of the corona virus pandemic has delivered a huge blow. Other countries, most much bigger than ours, have been hit. At times it seems as if what is...

Equality, uniformity and diversity

Thursday, 27 August 2020, 07:01 Last update: about 7 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

In mid-July last year, Helena Dalli, then Minister for European Affairs and Equality, tabled two draft laws in Parliament: the Equality Bill (number 96) and the Human Rights and Equality Commission...

The good death

Monday, 24 August 2020, 07:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

It could have been because of the pandemic but there I was in the middle of a discussion about the good death. Or perhaps it was because some of those with whom I was arguing are seeing like I do, how...

Damp squib

Sunday, 23 August 2020, 10:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

There is an obvious lack of passion, if not interest, in the Nationalist Party leadership contest unfolding at present. There are just too many kettles calling the pots black. This is in stark...

Contradictions

Sunday, 23 August 2020, 09:50 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Taking government spokespersons at face value could lead to the mistaken conclusion that Labour in government is a defender of the environment. Nothing could be further from the truth! Earlier...

Fearne loses out in the crisp war

Sunday, 23 August 2020, 08:48 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

Malta has become the land of the bizarre taken to a degree which no man could ever have envisaged. Just when the country marches triumphantly a centimetre ahead, it then retreats 500...

Xara-bye

Sunday, 23 August 2020, 07:49 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

It came like a lightning bolt in a Summer day: Xarabank is no more, its creator informed us. A rainstorm ensued – those who loathed the programme against those now afraid what's going to...

Time to move on

Saturday, 22 August 2020, 07:10 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

Malta is once again at a crossroads.  The people too are beginning to get a sense of the impending fate that we find ourselves facing once more.  We have been there before, in 1996-1998 when...

Sciences and employability

Friday, 21 August 2020, 07:21 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

There is a key difference between employment and employability. Employment has to do with getting a job. Employability has to do with having an effective mix of skills, attributes and attitudes in...

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