Professor Victor Axiaq, Chairman of the Environment and Resources Authority, is not at fault for being absent at a Planning Authority public meeting on the 4 August which discussed the Imrieħel...

Greek mythology has some serious lessons to teach us. Much as proverbs are quintessential wisdom passed on from one generation to the next, so are myths. Ovid, that great Latin story teller,...

Recent events have put Malta at the crossroads.  They did not occur sporadically or without context but are rather like a virus that progressed as it went unchecked. On the one hand we have...

Judging from the way Mr. David Agius, the Nationalist Party Whip replied to my blog on “Vilification and the Nationalist Party”, it clearly transpires that he, with the rest of his...

It has been so unusual, historically, for priests and bishops in Malta to comment about purely secular matters that when they did so in reaction to planning approval for those notorious skyscrapers,...

One frequently meets people, not necessarily senior citizens, who proclaim how in the past things were nicer, better, more genuine, more interesting than today. Most of us look back with...

Young people remain one of the most controversial age groups in our society.  It has always been quite a challenge to understand what they are about.  Their impulsiveness, their joy for...

Malta is experiencing positive results in the tourism industry and future projections are equally promising.  The recently published figures by the NSO are very encouraging: a 10% increase in...

People who like me, no longer spend time in Valletta, will immediately, once they visit, realize that the city’s character has changed. It isn’t any more the city of the sixties and...

Four towers have been approved for construction at Mriehel and one in Sliema, and all without any attempt at planning. And by planning I don’t mean only town-planning in the strictest sense of...