US President Trump unequivocally admitted that he is not a fan of Pope Leo and does not think the Chicago-born pontiff was doing a very good job, while also suggesting he should stop catering to the...

Stand on the St George's Bay front in August and count the persons along the water's edge. Watch the cars crawl from Msida to Valletta behind coaches, hire vans and delivery vehicles. Listen, at three...

A couple of weeks ago, the mainstream media reported that a man was arraigned in court and pleaded guilty to threats that he would shoot Prime Minister Robert Abela and ex-PM Joseph Muscat and making...

Full marks go to the General Workers Union for its effort to safeguard the interests of foreign workers in Malta. It's an action programme that is much required if as a society, we truly believe in...

Trial by jury is considered to be the only democratic process that exists in the judicial branch of the state. In a trial by jury, it is the lay persons - the jurors - who determine whether an accused...

Minister Subgħajja Dritti adjusted his silk tie in the reflection of the large window of an auberge where knights once took the vow of poverty.  He could see hundreds of citizens hurrying to...

The last article in this series dealt with the single permit: the system that ties a foreign worker's right to live and work in Malta to one employer, and the EU Directive that Malta must transpose to...

Traffic is the symptom. The real problem is how Malta moves people, organises work, plans schools, manages parking and uses one of its scarcest resources: road space. Traffic is no longer Malta's...

I have always found it easier to work than to stop working. For years, I wore being busy almost as a badge of honour. There was always another email to answer, another meeting to attend, another paper...

The morning after Santa Marija, although it's a Sunday, belongs to the ferries heading towards Cirkewwa. Last year, almost 22,000 passengers crossed on the day after the feast, most of them...