The curtain is about to drop on 2016.  But as the clock strikes midnight on Saturday, we will greet the New Year with the enthusiasm and optimism which every New Year brings.  Many cherish...

With the years, the question is becoming more relevant about whether the role of Parliament has diminished further in the nation’s life. It seems as if the only time that Parliament assumes...

The word “post” has now entered into the diction of the academic world. It means a historical period has ended and a new one has dawned in the shadow of the previous one. But this new...

Nationalist Party candidate Salvu Mallia has some words of advice to politicians on the eve of Christmas, saying that stories such as those that emerged on the OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri should...

Only 5% of her schedule is devoted to the Community Chest Fund Foundation, President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca revealed. Interviewed by The Malta Independent Head of News Rachel Attard on...

The events which take place in Parliament are not always caught on camera. Sitting in the chamber gives you the privilege of seeing and hearing things which are very often not seen on the...

The oft-said assertion that animals need to have a “voice” in modern society may have become a cliche’, but the bitter truth is that there are still realities to be addressed in the...

I have never quite understood why politicians who are at each other’s throats for 350 days a year are expected to be jolly and charming to each other for the other two weeks around Christmas and...

It was announced that the Bank of Valletta needs to change the business model by which it has organized borrowing and lending. It also needs to maintain a higher capital reserve – meaning funds...

Music is one of my passions. One of my greatest regrets is that I did not take up guitar or piano lessons when I was younger. They say it’s never too late to learn but now, at my age, everything...