Bird's Eye View

Category: Opinion

  • B.Sustainable – Implementing the politics

    Since 1978, through the United Nations, the term “Sustainability” has been brought forward in a wide array of literature, which ranges from policies to technological articles, and regulation. This was triggered by the early effects of Climate Change, which compared to the effects we are feeling today, are minimal. Humankind’s rapid development since the dawn…

  • Where Do We Go From Here?

    Where Do We Go From Here?

    The Labour Party has gone through major changes in its leadership and its perception. However, what hasn’t changed is the memory people have of all the scandals throughout its time in government, and what happened when they were exposed. We now ask: “What happens next?”

  • The Book of Uriel – Elyse Hoffman

    The Book of Uriel – Elyse Hoffman

    Hello, hello, hello! We’re back again with another blog tour, and this was an interesting one! I’m quite picky when it comes to historical fiction, and this one sounded like it could be enjoyable, so I went for it! Needless to say, it was an experience – but overall, it was a good story! Information:…

  • ASCS Budget Review 2022

    As done in previous years, ASCS feels the urge to assess the budget brought forward by the Government and provide a holistic critical assessment, meant to facilitate all students as they make their assumptions and conclusions on the 2022 Budget. This original format in which the Budget was presented, is not divided according to the…

  • Free Buses will not get more people to use them

    Free Buses will not get more people to use them

    In the Budget 2022 document, the government has promised that by October 2022, all Maltese residents will have free access to public transport. But what about the countless issues with the service? Will those who are enticed with the free transport keep using it in the long run?

  • Taliban Takeover

    Summary of events Ever since the Russian Federation was overthrown in 1989, Afghanistan has been a battleground. A definition of a failed state, Afghanistan was in a state of Anarchy. Rule of law was nonexistent, warlords and tribes waged war on each other to rule one another, and without terms nor adherence to any form…

  • Code Red: Global Climate Strike

    Code Red: Global Climate Strike

    On the 18th of September, Extinction Rebellion Malta will be protesting in solidarity with the rest of the global climate strike movement and asking our politicians to treat this crisis like the emergency it is.

  • Can we create Healthy Economies without growth?

    Can we create Healthy Economies without growth?

    There is an urgent need to start thinking about how we can run our economies without growth, and a range of economic alternatives may now show us how to do just that.

  • Think justice exists in Malta? Think again!

    Think justice exists in Malta? Think again!

    The justice system is the only mechanism humankind developed to fight the curse of the fifth deadly sin – wrath. ⚡ If it doesn’t work, we don’t just lose the system. We lose any attempt at democracy.

  • Changing voter behaviour

    Changing voter behaviour

    There are numerous mental shortcuts we take as human beings. We call these biases and science documents a whole list of them. This article explains how such shortcuts affect elections in Malta, and how I would solve this situation.