For some strange reason ‘alcohol stories’ in the media don’t seem to hold water.  It might be that the fact that we subsist in a society that is always busy organizing...

Last Sunday, Joseph Muscat said that the Labour Party always respected democracy. Well, maybe he should be reminded of what happened in the 1981 election, but given that in the same speech he...

I wrote this article while stranded in Gibraltar due to a bomb scare at the airport, which apparently had never happened here before. The power of the social media terrifies and...

I am one who strongly believes that politics needs to be authentic to have credibility. When authenticity starts waning, the electorate starts losing hope and trust in its politicians whilethe...

For more than one reason the feasts in Malta remain a showground for controversy.  As a state of fact, many would agree that the feasts do not just celebrate the Saint but also get the community...

The story began to develop late on Tuesday morning, although it had been present in some way or another since the previous week. Independently of each other, our newsroom was contacted by its...

Hot on the heels of the news that there will now be a market inserted between the theatre and parliament house (the world's first market in a project designed by Renzo Piano) we have another Taghna...

Why are we not all talking about a change in the age of consent? Why are we not shouting louder about it? Aside from the fact that I was actually quite enjoying watching the general public squirm at...

A building development amnesty is in the pipeline. It is being handled by Mepa. No one is yet aware as to whether this is a Mepa initiative or whether Mepa was instructed by the government to prepare...

There are a number of cities in Europe which have a similar or larger population than the Maltese islands. These include Dublin, Antwerp, The Hague, Bristol and others. The list of larger cities...