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Workers’ salaries should be raised and safeguarded
The 2019 budget is soon to be announced, specifically on Monday, 22nd October. The UĦM Voice of the Workers made a number of proposals, foremost among them the proposal to safeguard salaries. Over the…
Let’s vanquish loneliness
New research evidence shows that loneliness is harmful to both the physical and the mental health of human beings. With the help of specialists, groups and even the internet, one need not…
The blue economy is also an integral part of our economy
In one of the local papers the subject of the blue economy recently came up. This has to do with the range of economic uses of the seas and coastal resources…
We must control hate speech
Anyone on social media must have noticed the phenomenon of hate speech targeting specific groups of people, notably immigrants and the police. Some persons who posted hateful comments about these…
Back to school
The new scholastic year is upon us. We will soon be seeing vans and coaches full of students. Children and youths will be waking up in the early hours to…
Safe spaces for youths on the job market
A recent study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on youths and the future of work looked at how youths envisage their working lives within the next 10 years. Many of those…
Get off Facebook!
Stop and think a minute. How much time do you spend on social media? If you had to quantify the time in hours, would you have been able to do something else…
We need to control the noise pollution surrounding us
Our sense of hearing evolved so that humans could be alerted to changes in their environment. The sense of hearing, however, is one of the senses that humans cannot switch…
Need to increase efforts to stop human trafficking in the Mediterranean
The illegal human trafficking crisis in the Mediterranean is an international responsibility that should be shared. It calls for complex mix of efforts. The immigrant situation is an exceptional situation…
How great it is to give!
Let’s get to the point. Everyone talks about change. Not only small changes, but sudden and unexpected, quite drastic, changes which people seem to want. How many of us are ready…