“The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone”–John 8:7 It is deep-seated, an accepted practice in our society, that cash or in kind tokens swap hands in...

The controversy around the building of a power station running on gas has till now focused on the bank guarantee but little consideration is being given to the urban impact that this new structure...

Hardly anything shows better how education in Malta remains grounded in traditional beliefs than the attitude we display towards it. We all consider the time that an individual spends studying as a...

The Prime Minister was out in Marsascala yesterday, backed by a line-up of goons and in the company of Ray Demicoli, the architect on the University of Baksheesh project, who was looking extremely...

I will be extra careful today because while I will be writing on what I consider the most topical issue, I do not want to get involved in any way that may cloud judgement in the Joe Sammut...

First published in 1973, Ernst Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered has always presented a challenge to politicians and economic planners. It contrasts to, and in...

Not since Luis Suarez helped himself to a nip of Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup have we seen such tantrums on pitch as we did with Jose’ Mourinho’s outburst at his medical...

Children love summer. They simply love to play by the sea, in the sea and on the sand. Many go to the sea loaded with bright-coloured plastic buckets, spades, castles, and of course, the inflatable...

In the last few days, there were two news items which interested me. The first one was the General Workers Union’s proposal expressing the need for the Maltese to start procreating again if we...

Land in Malta is the scarcest and most valuable resource. Clear limitations should exist regarding what percentage of land available is to be allocated to developent. With time, the demand for...