The police are back in the news with yet another story about blatant abuse on several counts. The way the victim - Karl Baldacchino - has reported matters to the newspapers (and to the police...

The short straw this Christmas went to, against some predictions, to… Simon Busuttil. And it was delivered by none other than this very same paper last Sunday. I defend its conclusions not...

It seems that the 'genitalia' keeps making the rounds within the local political discourse. After Austin's iniquitous 'ghamilna pipi' it was the time for a ticklish 'm'intix żigg' by the...

Echoes of the ton-ta’ zejt budgets of the 80’s are around us.  The trumpets are sounding and the carpet is being rolled out for the big announcements as people tune in to hear about...

Events of the past few weeks - or should we say those of the past 20 months? - have been a salutary lesson as to why politicians and other holders of high office should stick to better and stricter...

Surprise! Surprise! Some may find the comments of Mr Mario Cutajar, Principal Permanent Secretary, on The Malta Independent last Sunday inappropriate.   Others may think his comments were in...

The President of the Republic, Marie Louise Colerio Preca in expressing solidarity with migrants, has become a source of political controversy. Fringe elements of our two main political parties have...