Whether we like it or not, as a country, Malta is continuously under the international spotlight. Our behaviour as a country is continuously compared to what is considered to be the norm, that is what...

The problem is dominance. It's also the dynamic that keeps the human world going. We're all in an insane race to dominate and avoid being dominated or accepting to be dominated. Dominance means...

At a court hearing yesterday (Thursday) a representative of the State asked me if it could be that Lino Cauchi was killed in some sort of personal vendetta. We have reached that stage. So...

No sooner had the first trips of the new fast ferry service left the quay, than a verbal spat was launched to go with it.  Setting the tone for immediate hostility and rivalry between the two...

This week marks four years since the holding of the 2017 general election which saw the re-election, by an increased majority at the polls, of the Labour Party.   These were four years which...

A conclusive victory over the Covid-19 pandemic would be of major significance to humanity as a whole. For this to happen, victory must be on a global scale. The resources and knowledge to achieve it...

The government likes to boast that it listens. Isn’t it about time it evolved into a government that answers — to the basic requirements of democratic accountability? In this column I...

I’ve always been affianced with the sitcom FRIENDS, which ran for 10 consecutive seasons on NBC between 1994 and 2004 created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. To be honest I was more of a...

A five-minute conversation with our youths will invariably gravitate towards discussing the sorry state of the environment on our islands. But while in many parts of the world protecting...

I got to listen recently to quite a number of comments about how serious journalism needs to stay factual in its reporting. A news “story” must report facts that have taken place. Opinions...