Notice the way politicians answer questions put to them. They hardly ever give a straight answer, preferring to go round in circles, often arriving nowhere. By the time they finish answering,...

Malta’s position on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list is an issue that, as more time passes, will see more negative effects on the country. FIAU deputy director...

After a prolonged campaign of public opposition, Captain Morgan on Saturday finally listened and dropped its plans to build a ferry jetty at Balluta Bay in St. Julian’s. The company said...

The Labour government prides itself in being one “that listens” (gvern li jisma), but when it came to the introduction of new laws on cannabis use, it only listened to its own ambition to...

It was on Thursday that Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo announced another government strategy: this time one for the tourism industry between 2021 and 2030. Bartolo described the...

With Christmas approaching fast, businessmen are keeping their fingers crossed that it will be a different and better festive time for them than it was last year. In 2020, with the Covid-19...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech made an interesting proposal in Parliament on Monday, to overhaul the composition of the Standards in Public Life Committee.  Currently, the committee has the...

“Happening now in Msida”. That’s what the message accompanying the video said. The footage showed cars being dragged away in floods in Msida.  It was raining heavily at the...

93% of people who responded to an online survey are against the proposed Yacht Marina in Marsascala. The survey in question, organised by Valerie Visanich, from the Department of Sociology at the...

In September, a 24-month project was launched which seeks to greatly improve standards in public life in Malta, including through a better Code of Ethics for MPs and Cabinet members, while...