Being my last piece for 2017, I would like to share some of the most salient extracts from the articles I wrote for TMI during this year: As people go about wishing each other well for the...

If I comprehend well the latest public statements describing the incidence of poverty in Malta, it seems that its spread has narrowed. However cases have emerged where the problem arises at a much...

Some weeks ago, the Malta Independent carried an article about Pope Francis wishing to change certain words currently used in the Lord’s Prayer. Pope Francis expressed his desire that Catholics...

Boy oh boy, where to begin? Malta's waning anti women and laughably called "pro-life" brigade have had their dwindling ranks boosted by some interesting characters over the last couple of weeks....

Parliament rose for a month-long Christmas recess on Wednesday.  There were some feeble attempts at well-wishing but the cherry on the cake was the previous day’s sitting, which was so...

Last Monday, Parliament commenced a discussion on the implementation of the Public Domain legislation, in respect of which the Planning Authority has submitted a report entitled 'Sites Nominated to be...

The Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation (MCCFF) is helping more people who are at risk of poverty as each year passes, Claire Micallef Pule, manager at MCCFF, said on INDEPTH. Claire, who was...

Many times when we have to deal with a government department or entity, but also in the private sector, we find ourselves going round in circles.  As we get bumped off from one section to another...

"I threw stones at the soldiers," a kind nun told me. "You did what?" I asked, incredulously. "I threw stones at the soldiers during the second Intifada.  They were going to...

Lost in the noise generated by the amendment including Malta in a list of four EU tax havens, that was proposed to the final report by the Panama papers committee of the European Parliament, was the...