Therese Comodini Cachia is once again in the media to make her position clear on the recent controversy that engulfed the Nationalist Party with regard to granting leave of absence to infertile women...

When deciding what to write about this week and weighing up the various irritations or annoyances, I was faced with a bit of a challenge. With the portly Prime Minister jetting off to god knows where...

There was a moment, last weekend, when the country endured a swift succession of tragic news which then led to a moment of collective angst. First there was the news of the death of Jerome...

Even as the government speaks about making cannabis use legal – which means that you cannot have an anomalous situation in which selling it is illegal - the police have reported what is being...

The government presents the budget at this time of the year or in November and the Unions and Chambers respond with their opinion.  Good or poor, almost or nothing.  Once again, it seems,...

Last year the Government registered a surplus of €100 million, following more than 35 years of successive deficits. Labour turned a deficit of more than €360 million in 2012 to a surplus in...

Works on the new Kirkop health centre started yesterday, and it will be receiving its first patients next summer, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne said on...

A budget without new taxes is rare, if not unique. A budget with no increases to existing taxes, not even on cigarettes, is probably unprecedented. Usually, the first budget after an...

If I had to choose two words to describe this year’s budget I would use “missed opportunity”. In a budget speech ironically called Investing for the Future, Minister Edward Scicluna...

The best analysis that could be attempted of the 2018 budget should focus on how the fiscal space the government presently enjoys is going to be used to guide future developments. It’s been...