The property market: the collateral damage of the Dubai model
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:55
Last update: about 9 months ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Earlier this week I was present at the property conference and listened to what various stakeholders had to say in view of the latest edition of the KPMG Property Report commissioned annually by the...
Auto-enrolment: Governance and accountability that earns trust
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:52
Last update: about 9 months ago
David Spiteri Gingell
Auto-Enrolment is a system. Systems do not succeed on intention. They succeed on discipline, competence, and accountability. Malta's AE framework must apply the highest standards to how decisions are...
A child playing with fire
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:42
Last update: about 9 months ago
Noel Grima
His predecessor resigned reportedly after a negative opinion poll. Alex Borg did not come out well from the two opinion polls that were published in the past two weeks. They were the first...
Revitalising the arts
Friday, 28 November 2025, 08:28
Last update: about 9 months ago
Owen Bonnici
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Arts Council Malta has launched an unprecedented initiative that has been well-received by local artists and the public alike. RETOLD is an initiative that...
Bias
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 9 months ago
Alfred Sant
Across the years, the left in Maltese politics - effectively the Labour Party - would be accused (still is) of not showing sufficient respect towards the island's institutions - in first place, the...
Addressing the fertility crisis
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 07:59
Last update: about 9 months ago
Mark Said
The crisis of low and falling birth rates is the most urgent problem facing Malta. While the government continues to introduce pro-natal policies to reduce the birth rate, it remains far from...
Economics and management
Monday, 24 November 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 9 months ago
Alfred Sant
Many moons ago, when I came back to Malta after some years abroad, I discovered that among the shakers and movers of the country and its economic enterprises, the demand was growing for people who...
The adoration of the great leader
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 08:04
Last update: about 9 months ago
Kevin Cassar
Official state propaganda asserts that Kim Jong-il was born on a sacred mountain, heralded by a double rainbow and the appearance of a new star in the sky. Official biographies insist he never...
The car racing track: more money down the drain
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 9 months ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Four years ago, during a Cabinet meeting at the Ta' Qali basketball pavilion, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that a €20 million car racing track would be constructed at Ħal-Far....