The intro to Labour's 2017 election manifesto read that a Labour government was a guarantee for stability and credibility leading to the "best of times" for the Maltese people. That prediction...

It is the case that urban centres of our towns and villages are being scrubbed back and losing their character. Sliema where the damage has been proceeding for quite a while, was in the forefront of...

Independence Day celebrations could turn out to be stale, perfunctory ceremonies to recall the day when the British Empire packed up and set its Central Mediterranean fortress-colony free. On the...

What was conspicuous were the hostile actions against Daphne Caruana Galizia, most of it orchestrated by persons occupying positions in state entities, including the Office of the Prime minister. This...

Waste collection in our towns and villages does not cater for a modern 21st century European island state. It is approximately fifty years out of phase. It has not evolved with time to take into...

Ask Richard Muscat how it felt when he had to move to Sicily with his family so that the Nationalist Opposition could break the stranglehold of the Labour government and broadcast freely. It was...

In the absence of a free, independent and balanced national television station and a dubious Broadcasting Authority, we have become trained to listen more to what is not said than what is said. ...

September has been a month of speeches and strong words. Food for thought and action. A few days ago, we celebrated Malta’s Independence Day. After a few years absent from the Granaries in...

For all those who follow local politics, the days surrounding the date in which we celebrate our Independence came with a bang this year.  The two main political parties organised their own...

Before the sixtieth anniversary of Malta’s Independence arrives, it would make sense to commission a history of Malta’s diplomatic record over the years since that date. It would need to...