The COVID-19 outbreak has changed what we are worrying about. Old problems are still around but their relative importance has been overshadowed by the current crisis. Our health, both individual and...

When I was young and hopeful, old age seemed like a planet in a galaxy a few billion light years away. Back then the Beatles reigned over the pop world and sang a silly ditty about being 64. Back...

There are years when they come separately. This year they coincide. The huge moon in a cloudless sky, which the Jews believe was sent by God to help them escape. Hence Passover celebrated by Jews...

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We cannot deny that the COVID-19 pandemic brought about changes in all aspects of our so-called normal life. We are going through extraordinary...

The Health Ministry has put together a transition team that will be in charge of handling all medical appointments which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Malta and provide a...

At a time like the present when isolation is the name of the game, and so many millions of people are spending long days cloistered in their homes, let us keep in mind too those who are having to do...

I interviewed Dr Sue Vella, Senior Lecturer with the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing.     What are your research interests? I...

I remain unconvinced that in the ongoing debates about the huge economic problems being caused by the corona virus pandemic, matters are being laid out clearly enough. It seems that the period we...

It is ironic that while the government has been bragging about a booming economy for the past seven years or so, it seems to need the Church’s help to buy a €50,000 ventilator. The Gozitan...

The Coronavirus outbreak is still in its initial stages. The numbers of those testing positive are, so far, manageable. We all hope that this will remain manageable even though the numbers are on the...