Two incidents occurred at the Freeport Terminal last week. The first led to the spill of an oily-like chemical when a container was accidentally hit and part of its contents spilled out into the sea....

I predicted on national radio last Sunday that Opposition leader Simon Busuttil’s forthcoming visit to the People’s Republic of China will be one of the major issues up for discussion by...

It would appear that the parliamentary sessions have reached an impasse.  Each attempt at public scrutiny is met with defence mechanisms that are bordering on contempt.   The atmosphere...

History is not a usual topic of controversy but the material generated through historical research can sometimes stir up debate. It falls within the branch of the so-called Humanities;a word that has...

When Stephen Sondheim wrote his classic “Send in the Clowns” back in 1973 he surely had no idea it would be so appropriate for Malta in 2015. The song is a very sad reflection on the...

When Joseph Muscat was leader of the Opposition, he wound people up and stirred the pot of public dissatisfaction by making out that there was some kind of clique – and more to the point, an...

We're at a time when interest rates on borrowed funds were never so low. True, recently there have been some weak upward pressures on rates. But when did it ever happen that some borrowings are being...

Recently I was in a conversation with a friend and colleague a couple of years younger than myself.  I was sharing some stories that recapped my teens during the political turmoil that drove...

The package of €1.65 million in addition to pieces of land in exchange for a shared ownership in a property in Old Mint Street Valletta raised eyebrows as tax-payers coughed hard earned money....

With reference to the SPED, of course I would have done things differently.  There is no doubt about that. We need to get this country’s style of governance into 2015, after...