In Parliament on Wednesday, I highlighted the budget measures for Education and Employment presented last month with the theme ‘Maltin b’Saħħitna ‘l...

I remain extremely sceptical (it’s not the first time I’m writing this) about the forecasts being made for the economic scenario of the next two years or so. This applies both for when...

We are all proud of our roots. When we travel to other countries, we boast of where we come from. Many times we do so with nostalgia. Those of us who had the privilege of being brought up in a rural...

There is something called 'ethics' which has become as rare as rocking horse crap. It seems that we keep hearing of one alleged case after another of people mixing their professional, political,...

The financial services industry is possibly the golden goose of the Maltese economy, pumping up to €1.7 billion to our Gross Domestic Product per year and providing for over 12,000 families with...

The month of November brings with it the commemoration of the twentieth century’s two World Wars. In their large majority, the people who commemorate the destruction, the deaths and the...

There is something strange happening, almost weird, when politics turn to surrealism by way of scoring points. Political discourse is an art, a way of convincing people, but when it leads to a resort...

The US embassy was built some 9 years ago on a large tract of land at Ta’ Qali purchased from the Maltese Government for €14.6 million. The footprint of the Ta’ Qali Embassy is...

Some names are made to stand out. There was a cardinal – a prince of the Catholic Church no less! – called Jaime Lachica Sin.  This cardinal, however, was far from known for his sins....

This is not the first controversy to hit Joseph Cuschieri.  The head of the Malta Financial Services Authority who has now 'self-suspended' himself in view of the scandal raised when it was...