Toni Abela, deputy leader of the Labour Party, had the brass neck to say to the media yesterday that there is no place for Giovanna Debono, the former Gozo Minister, in politics, on the basis of the...

The main objective for every political party is to try and convince the electorate that they should be voting for ‘them’.   Politics in all truth is a complex mind game and the...

In politics two years are a rather short period to draw definitive conclusions. One can only look for and detect some characteristics, some of which may be very encouraging and positive while others...

Recently, I had the opportunity to meet an extremely informed Franciscan priest, Sebastian Camilleri. Originally, he was from Ħamrun and his name was Emanuel but as was the custom then, it was...

Don’t be disappointed if Joseph Muscat does not resign today, on the day that his self-imposed deadline for the completion of the power station at Delimara expires. He is a man that enjoys...

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. Thomas Jefferson So it’s been two  years since...

Last Sunday, this paper carried a report which said that a number of elderly patients had been transferred to St Vincent de Paule Residence for the elderly in such a bad state of health that a number...

In the ongoing furore surrounding the Café Premier scandal, we have largely forgotten that there has been a precedent to this: Australia Hall. The corrupt behaviour there was far worse, but yet...

A Valentine's Day ago I was gifted a particularly compelling biography of Sylvia Plath. After questioning whether there was subversive meaning behind the gift, I recognised why this was a particularly...

Sustainable development is about how we satisfy our needs today in a responsible manner. We normally refer to the World Commission of Environment and Development headed by Gro Harlem Brundtland who,...