The recent spat between the Labour government whip, Glenn Bedingfield, and the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life George Hyzler, highlights one very important point of realisation: it takes...

On Tuesday, slightly after 11am I received a telephone call from the EIA office at the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) informing me that the Waste to Energy (WtE) Environment Impact...

I was there when the Dubai dream came to Malta, and for a long time I looked back at that time with optimism and pride. Now I am not so sure. Strike that. I think the Dubai dream started...

What do I love about my country?  These days it is getting quite hard to say.  For citizens of other countries, it can come quite easily for them to list reasons to love their...

During the time of need when a cruel pandemic tore through our way of life and endangered jobs and livelihoods everywhere across the globe, our workers found, in the Maltese Government, a friend...

All change brings resistance in its wake... and it comes from those whose interests are going to be badly hit by it... as well as from others who do not understand what it entails or how it could...

The public finance deficit is not a vague figure. It is a main indicator of our wellbeing as a nation. For if it becomes unsustainable, it could result in a collapse of essential services and...

The intricate criminality cobweb we are faced with is almost incredulous. Every day our news portals and newspapers are flooded with one new story after another of alleged corruption or bribery,...

Much still needs to be done for this country to really modernise. By this, one means a country where public and private affairs are run with transparency according to the rule of law. With an...

The Opposition in a democracy has two roles, which it has to play with care and a clear strategy. One, it has to be a Loyal Opposition. It has to oppose the government not for the sake of opposing but...