The national debate is all the time taking different twists and turns; but in all circumstances, the common underlying denominator remains highly politicised. Little room, if any, is allowed for other...

The public debate on whether, and to what extent, it is appropriate to have an electoral alliance between Alternattiva Demokratika and the Nationalist Party has been in full swing on social media over...

PanamaLabour is populating your mind with a funny communication. It’s called ‘Four years of firsts and, as expected, it closes with a plagiarised salute, this time from French presidential...

Lots of crocodile tears have been shed about the draft new law on media. For quite a while, it was clear that the existing legislation needed to be amended, especially due to the emergent and by...

On Tuesday 21 February, I attended a very interesting evening at the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta entitled Falco-on-Aria. The subject was photographs of men and falcons taken by Serena...

The act of murder on London’s Westminster Bridge has been the subject of endless news coverage over the last few days, but while it is welcome to the media channels which are invariably...

Back in the 1980s we had the big Catholic rebellion when the KMB government targeted the Catholic schools. This was very much a grass roots rebellion, not led by the official church at the beginning,...

The topic of the moment appears to be centred on the suggestion that Islam could be taught in schools in Malta. Predictably, this has been met with cries of blasphemy, racial slurs, unsubstantiated...

The recent froth that has risen to the surface of the troubled waters has laid bare the vulnerability of words against facts, of reality challenging perceptions.  In a show me yours and I'll not...

Salvu Mallia spoke about the Archbishop and Islam in Church schools in his video blog today. He said that "We are living in a new reality, where there are persons from other religions, not just...