I was not surprised that the NGOs working with immigrants coming into the island have warmly welcomed the recently-announced new strategy regarding the arrival and treatment of migrants and refugees....

This is the title of Leonardo Boff’s seminal work on the inextricable link between social justice and environmental degradation, originally published in 1995. Earlier, during the 1972 UN Human...

This morning on the radio a lady who called in to the programme, happened to mention that she was washing her clothes.  The DJ immediately sensed that this simple statement merited some further...

When Joseph Muscat and his team chose the kitchen set-up for the New Year message, they couldn't have imagined it would go so wrong and backfire to the extent that it did. The miscalculation sent...

The Nationalist MP, Professor Albert Fenech, is again in the news. This time, it was not regarding his job termination at Mater Dei but because he has been given a new appointment in the planned...

The prime minister and his communications team – or as they would doubtless put it, ‘tim’ – must have been thoroughly delighted with their kitchen-sink-drama cum Enya music...

The following cannot be considered a popular point of view. Yet, current circumstances are such that we urgently need to ensure once and for all, that the island’s security forces –...

It seems that our political class is getting used to stumbling.  I know this sounds harsh especially coming from someone who has the highest esteem towards politicians for the unenviable role...

I am not a linguist but as a concerned and literate Maltese citizen I too have been following the disturbing controversies about the Maltese language especially in recent years.  The latest one I...

While Malta’s leading politicians were collecting money for charity, a German died at the Police Depot in Floriana.  We were told by the Police that this man was homeless and a drug addict....