In an ideal world, an election manifesto would set out a political party's honest intentions about what it would do if it were in government. However, parties will always be tempted to overpromise to...

To outsiders the past days may have gone by with nothing unusual to record, except hotter days and the annual Eurovision flutter. But for us, born or bred on this island, the past days came with...

From the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, where I accompanied Prime Minister Robert Abela on a state visit, I called Miriana Conte in Switzerland and on behalf of the people of Malta, and the government,...

Let me state it clearly from the outset: the no-confidence motion against the Nationalist Mayor Helen Gauci presented by the Labour Party councillors within the Għargħur local council was in...

About this matter I've written before and much fear it will remain on the agenda in future, for it's really shameful. A construction project commences in a given street. Till it's finished, a whole...

An area of social policy in which this country has been achieving substantial progress - and still does - is health care. All governments and the Labour government especially have improved and...

Alex Borg was roundly condemned by the Standards Commissioner for "resorting to deceit" to "justify his vote" in favour of the Chambray concessionaires. The Commissioner concluded that "Borg's...

The idiomatic expression on placing the cart before the horse signifies the reversal of the proper order of things. This is what the consultation document published by government on  Assisted...

Media, policymaking circles, and civil society platforms have widely discussed the launch of Malta's Vision 2050 in recent months. The document describes itself as an ambitious long-term strategy to...

The Film Commissioner's performance at the Public Accounts Committee this week, though heavily aided by government side MPs, was little convincing. Though Johann Grech made sure to take credit for all...