I seriously doubt Britney Spears was referring to domestic violence in her 1998 hit ...Baby One More Time. Nor do I believe she was glorifying sadomasochism, at least, not to my knowledge. That...

In last year's Budget, the government changed Malta's personal income tax.  Between 1995 and 2017, the share of personal taxes in total tax revenue ranged between 16.5% and 20.3%.  It then...

The road that links Victoria to Marsalforn should have been a lifeline. Instead, it has become a daily ordeal for residents, business owners, and visitors. Government speeches talk about bypasses,...

In 2004 the government established a Pension Reform Commission, which I chaired. Reform was to focus on future generations. Pensioners, and those 55 at over at the time, would be addressed through...

The land use planning reform currently subject to a public consultation, is, in practice, another amnesty. It gives one very clear message: why follow the rules? Just wait for the next amnesty, or the...

The 'Right to be Forgotten' was enshrined in EU law in 2014. If requested, this law lays down that search engines and other directories (such as court judgements) must delete any links to information...

When the Baltic Airlines plane carrying the Hamrun Spartans players, officials and supporters was on its way back to Malta, it passed a stone's throw from the Ukrainian border. It probably also...

It was a unique moment in the history of Maltese football when in Latvia last week, Hamrun Spartans became the first Maltese football team to reach the league stages of a European competition, the...

In the media this week, a report appeared about an appeal against a decision by the Planning Authority covering the use of a wide stretch of farm land outside the development zone which has been going...

Allow me to refer to the article in The Malta Independent, Saturday 23 August - 'PN debate: Borg wants to appoint a CEO, Delia says Secretary General post must not be weakened' And I quote...