These are the 11 players that would make my 'football team' line-up for this year. 1. Goalkeeper:  Undoubtedly, I would put Peppi Azzopardi in there.  Not only because he has gained...

Michelle Muscat, spouse of the Prime Minister, called an urgent press conference yesterday after the Times of Malta revealed in the morning that the prisoners who had been contracted to make curtains...

This government’s pledge to fight bureaucracy tooth and nail is bearing fruit, alas to the selected few.   Pampering the selected few is a gross social injustice which cannot be erased...

'However, the government had to take the necessary decisions so as not to have to introduce tough measures which would be needed if the economy regressed' - PM...

This Monday, 4 May 2015, Malta will inaugurate a new and formidable chapter in its legislative history.  The house has been built.   The hall is ready, all modern and functional,...

Twenty five years of Nationalist administration have become as nothing.  Safe to say, we're back where we were in the 1970s and 1980s, re-living the same grievances and injustices.  Like a...

Most of the news items during the past days were much like a ride on a roller-coaster, with more sheer drops than straight ups, and unexpected twists and sharp turns. The gruesome death of the...

As has become customary on our islands, the last few weeks of last year were  dedicated to accommodate the culmination of charity raising endeavours. Never in my entire life have I...

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be one of the guest speakers at a Maritime Conference organized by the School of History at University College Cork. To my surprise, one of the speakers...

  So 2014 is practically over and done with.    Evaluations and round-ups being done. Auld Lang Syne soon cheered.  Countdown before long completed....