Schooling without having to undergo exams was an issue that over the years created huge controversies in the development of our educational system. We do not need to discuss it here. Today in a...

In the local political lexicon, at times, the significance of Malta’s EU membership is incorrectly equated to the financial input of the union in the financing of the development of the...

Let’s start with a few confessions. It’s Covid time so confessions are easier, more plentiful and more heartfelt. Life has never felt so fragile, especially for the over 60s like me, so on...

On Good Friday a local worthy put on the Roman centurion armour he usually wears during the procession and paraded with it up and down the street in Madliena where he lives while someone in the...

Robert Abela is fast becoming Malta’s biggest moral hazard.  He is coming across as hell-bent on demoralizing the population whilst trying to reach in desperation for votes showing a deep...

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore is also known for a quote, which I am sharing, “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the...

While some Covid-19 measures could be eased soon, we will not be returning to how things were in December "any time soon," Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci said on this week's edition of...

A conclusion about what went on in the years since the financial crisis of the years 2008/2020 is frequently being reached: the priority was for governments to balance their books. They needed to cut...

As our jingoistic sentiments secrete from every corner of these Islands, 20 reflections come to mind; 1.       Alan Kurdi, not that I had any doubt, died for...

I’m still concerned that the estimates being advanced about the damage that the corona virus pandemic has been causing are low. Not just for Malta, but across the board. I understand the...