The climate strike held in Malta on 20 September demanded that the Maltese Parliament declares a climate emergency and acts upon it immediately. The strike was held in support of the global climate...

Correctional institutions are entrusted with several responsibilities, such as keeping prisoners in custody, and of ensuring that order, control, discipline and a safe environment is maintained. ...

The archaeological site of the Ta' Ħaġrat temples in Mġarr is threatened by a development application seeking to regularize the unauthorized use of land as a car park, just outside the...

One reason why any democracy, ours included, needs a “free” press is to ensure there are enough controls on flagrant abuses. Putting free within inverts helps to make it clear that such...

Some people doubt that studying literature is useful and wonder whether it should be discontinued. I dislike utilitarian defences of learning but if I were with my back against the wall, I would say...

Earlier this week the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) published its report on the oceans and climate change. We are once more warned of the consequences of climate change and the...

In my younger days, a silly song related how video had killed the radio star. Poor radio guy. Today we have moved into different realms of communication, and something worse has been executed: satire...

I’ve been long wanting to write (again) about Brexit with events stumbling over each other as the dreaded date of Halloween draws near and the concomitant fear of a no-deal Brexit...

In Greek mythology the Hydra (or Lernaean hydra) was a serpent-like monster. According to Theogony 313, the Hydra is the child of Typhon and Echidna. The Hydra had many heads. If you cut off one hydra...

Over the last six years, the public service has seen a significant improvement, both in its procedures and the way it serves the public. The ceremony with the theme, ‘Towards a Service of...