Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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,

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 […]

This was about more than just the 12 ficus trees

November 21, 2023 | No comments

Some might think that an undue fuss was made about “a few trees” at Mosta square. It

Fame, resilience and mental health

November 14, 2023 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today Two documentaries which I watched recently have explored the thorny subject of fame […]

Importing workers with the right skills – now, why didn’t we think of that before?

November 7, 2023 | No comments

his week the government announced a new scheme which is due to start next year: non-EU workers in hotels, bars and restaurants will need to get a skills card to work in the tourism sector.

Tone deaf with a complete lack of self-awareness

October 31, 2023 | No comments

Let me preface this by saying that, no, this is not intended to be a “hateful attack” on Michelle Muscat,