The budget speech delivered yesterday evening by Prof Edward Scicluna, Minister for Finance is extensively covered this morning in the printed newspapers. All carry detailed reports, tables, figures,...

Faith is taking the first step, even when you do not see the whole staircase - Martin Luther King Jr. That is exactly what we do when we vote in a new government, or oust an old one. We are...

Being budget week I suppose it's more than legitimate to bring up the 'give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar' argument, especially when focusing on the social constituent of the government's plan for...

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...

Was anyone surprised, the other day, when Joseph Muscat said that Dom Mintoff should be appreciated for his objectives and not for how he went about things? That's another way of saying that the ends...

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...

I am lucky because I do not have to drive to go to the office. I consider this as a great advantage over my colleagues. I see them arrive at work flustered, angry and irritated after having to endure...

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...

Last Saturday during my programme on Radju Malta, Ghandi xi Nghid I discussed the boundless debate on the role of the media in society (http://andrewazzopardi.org/ghandi-x-nghid-radio-show/), the so...