Friday 19 April 2024

Sunday Opinion

If you really want to stop the abuse, go after the source

January 29, 2024 | No comments

I never know whether to laugh or get angry when someone in Government comes out with a pompous-sounding statement in relation to some illegality or other which has been happening, unchecked, for years.

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What the latest statistics tell us about a changing Malta

January 22, 2024 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today When people lament about how much Malta has changed they are not wrong; […]

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What’s really happening in the education sector?

January 16, 2024 | No comments

We were informed through a PQ this week that, over the past 12 weeks, six teachers have resigned from primary schools and seven from secondary and other levels.

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People beg for donations while public money is squandered

January 8, 2024 | No comments

There could not have been two more contrasting stories this week.

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You don’t have to be alone to be lonely

January 2, 2024 | No comments

A 2022 national study carried out by the Faculty for Social Wellbeing concluded that the majority (54.6%) of Maltese people feel lonely.

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Striking the right note for Christmas Eve

December 27, 2023 | No comments

It’s always difficult to strike the right note when it comes to churning out a column which falls on Christmas Eve .

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Leaving our gadgets behind

December 18, 2023 | No comments

As difficult as it may be to accept, the hard truths explored in the movie Leave the World Behind focus on issues which hit very much close to home.

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The connection between a sense of entitlement and trouble finding a job

December 12, 2023 | No comments

Every day I read posts by people wanting to find a job, accompanied by the all too frequent accusations that the jobs are being given to foreigners instead.

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This is a bubbling cauldron which should not be ignored

December 5, 2023 | No comments

Speaking in Parliament recently, PN leader Bernard Grech said, “The population has grown substantially and nearly doubled since 2013,

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A tiny island which is too big for its boots

November 28, 2023 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today A very descriptive colloquial phrase in Maltese is “tara kbir” which loosely translates […]

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