At a minimum, I strive to live as close as possible to the peripheries of the religion which my parents saw fit for me and my upbringing more than five decades ago.   They picked the...

I was quite surprised to learn that the Chief Justice considered he should as a top priority at the beginning of the New Year, make a strong point about the “downgrade” in the protocolar...

Perhaps, one of the major stories that hit the media before the end of 2016 was the way ERA Board members voted in favour of the new gas-run power station. With the exception of one member, all the...

“Suspending yourself on full pay” – this is the new form of disciplinary action reserved for Labour government cronies in the civil service who are caught doing very bad things they...

On Wednesday, the entire European Commission is travelling to Malta to mark the beginning of the six-month Maltese Presidency of the European Council. Although for us this is a memorable event,...

Political discourse is nowadays peppered with the terms ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’ but often, unfortunately, their use is out of context and thereby...

There is a growing narrative taking hold that for one reason or another, be it anthropological or historical, natural or acquired, Maltese people are somehow comfortable with the knowledge that...

In his first blog of the year, Salvu Mallia challenges the Prime Minister to publish all the contracts related to the new power station project. The people have a right to know what deal was...

Many readers my age and older remember the British comic duo “The two Ronnies.” This show was very popular in the 1980s. A classic comedy and sketch show featuring Ronnie Barker (who also...

The compilation of evidence has begun in the case of the two men who allegedly hijacked a Libyan plane, and it is fascinating. Several witnesses testified yesterday, one of them saying that the...