Justyne Caruana, the parliamentary secretary for the elderly, has caused a bit of a storm by saying – out of the blue – that a new law (for which there has been no white paper or evidence...

My earliest memory of Albert Mizzi goes back to April 1974 (I think) when I, a rookie journalist from Il-Hajja, was invited along with other journalists (including our Henry Brincat then at The Times) and travel agents to Air Malta’s inaugural flight to Munich. ...

The summer season has brought with it many heated decisions and arguments as well as question marks to the political scene, one being Zonqor Point and the famous American University of Malta.  I...

Government has published a consultation document dealing with the use of open public spaces by catering establishments, entitled ‘Guidelines on Outdoor Catering Areas on Open Public Space : a...

There will be those who insist, wrongly, I think, that I am not in a position to comment on matters Catholic since I no longer practise the religion. On the other hand, my having been baptised, albeit...

Once again, Christianity is leading the way. Or better still, Pope Francis is making history. He was the first world leader who put the issue of migration on the world stage when, two years ago, he...

We would not have thought that things could get any worse for Malta but unfortunately, they have. Whether it is about the environment and Mepa or about the change to the Embryo Protection Act,...

Last Sunday, 6 September, the Department of Information published a photo and press release informing us (the general public) that the Prime Minister had a meeting at Castille, in his office, with the...

In the controversy about immigration that is now raging between membersof the European Union, nowhere do you find any mention of some overall plan regarding how to deal with the long term problem....

Like most other things in life we yield to rituals, patterns and structures and even though we might feel goaded by these rites and customs at the same time they provide us with reassurance. ...