Another government Bill, another frontal attack on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary. By means of Bill No. 61, dated 28 June 2023, government proposed to ‘further enhance...

... or, perhaps, of “being no more”.  At first, I was not sure which title to choose: “lightness of dying” or “lightness of being no more”? But then I...

“So get out, I am kicking you out, get out,” the confabulating Speaker Anglu Farrugia shouted. “The chamber is suspended for a few minutes until the person concerned (unintelligible...

There are questions to be answered as a result of government’s outright refusal to use its legal powers under the Inquiries Act to examine the circumstances leading to the death of Jean-Paul...

Dogs have long been known as man's best friend: they accompany us in every stage of our lives. According to the latest official statistics, about 85,000 Maltese citizens are registered dog owners,...

Those who were not there and maybe even those who were there have no idea how bad and ugly the end of Wednesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives looked to those who were...

We had promised that we were going to enhance further artistic freedom of expression prior to the summer recess of Parliament and that is precisely what we did. We walked the talk. Last...

Delays in the processes by which justice gets delivered persist and continue to undermine people’s confidence in the courts of law. The idea that in  order to get your grievance settled in...

When the first foundations of a European union were being laid, the choice of Strasbourg as the city where the European Parliament would have its seat was a good one. Both symbolically and...

When in 1992 the Development Planning Act was enacted and came into force, many thought that the development permission process was being depoliticised as it would no longer be the politician –...