Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

Empty seats, student apathy and some ridiculous candidates – welcome to the MEP elections

May 6, 2024 | No comments

In most countries, student activism is a healthy barometer of how the young generation feels about current events.

The connection between crime and drug addiction

April 30, 2024 | No comments

During a cursory look at the headlines this week, I noticed (not for the first time) that quite a number of news reports were linked to drugs.

Calculating the worth of a housewife

April 23, 2024 | No comments

The shocking story of a woman who was left with a piece of gauze in her abdomen following a hernia operation, which caused her endless physical pain and emotional distress when her complaints were dismissed, was bad enough in itself.

Saying “we’re sorry for the inconvenience”, just won’t cut it

April 15, 2024 | No comments

Has everyone fully recovered yet from Wednesday’s nightmare traffic?

Sounding the death knell for small businesses

April 9, 2024 | No comments

For some mysterious reason, everyone and their brother seems to think that the best business venture at the moment is to open a supermarket.

Attempting to measure happiness

April 2, 2024 | No comments

The World Happiness Report has just concluded that young Maltese people under 30 are the “unhappiest in Europe”.

Homelessness used to be unheard of …until now

March 26, 2024 | No comments

It is a twisted kind of irony that a country which has been over-run by the senseless, out of control construction of a multitude of apartments, where even a tiny patch of land is somehow converted into a pencil-thin airless block of flats, should now be facing a homeless crisis.

When you bring the wrong person into your life, it’s the children who always suffer

March 18, 2024 | No comments

Last weekend, a man repeatedly stabbed his two step daughters aged 12 and 15, with the younger child ending up in intensive care.

Is there such a thing as “crossing the line”?

March 12, 2024 | No comments

In the US there is a radio presenter Howard Stern who became famous in the 80s for being outrageous, vulgar and sexist towards women when they came on his show.

So many want the perks of a top job…but not the accountability

March 5, 2024 | No comments

“Jean Paul Sofia died in an essentially unregulated construction site and the state must bear responsibility for that.”