New month, new portfolio.  Last Saturday, PN Leader Dr Adrian Delia allocated new roles and responsibilities to each and every one of us sitting on the Opposition’s benches.  I have...

Bits and bobs from the social field: Vote 16+.   Of course people will resist and think that now politics will contaminate young people, but that’s because they do not believe in...

Labour MEP Miriam Dalli today speaks about the need for action to be taken to eliminate chemicals that could be harmful to consumers....

Healthcare is often at the very centre of the political debate. Unquestionably, healthcare is a key area which has a direct impact on the well-being of our society and impinges to a large extent on...

At least, the two main parties in Parliament found an important issue about which to agree wholeheartedly: the granting of voting rights to young citizens aged sixteen. It might be that in the hurry...

Perhaps, the most important piece of international news that we had last week was American President Donald Trump's address to Congress in what is known as the address about the state of the...

I have crossed swords with many "pro-life" fanatics over the last few weeks, in fact it is fast becoming one of my favourite past-times. But there is one thing that has struck me when I have been...

It’s been a rum week, with all sorts of non-events, anti-climaxes, missed appointments and the like. Following the highpoint that was the beginning of the European Capital of Culture, this was a...

Last Wednesday, the Parliamentary Environment and Land Use Planning Committee discussed the possible revision of the Fuel Service Stations Policy. The three development permits issued in recent weeks...

A government that is self-congratulatory is a government on the edge of reason.  It denotes lack of self-criticism, devaluation of the opinion of others, satisfaction with one's own...