The hospitality industry is facing problems, chief amongst which is the lack of staff. Now some argue that this is due to the wages that the industry was offering, which could be a valid...

One of the cornerstone measures for curbing the Covid-19 pandemic has been the wearing of face masks. For a number of months, it was mandatory for everyone the moment they stepped outside of...

The budget for 2022 was presented last Monday and, as usually happens each year, it was dissected by the constituted bodies and the public at large.  It has been described as a social budget, one...

Four years ago today, at around 3pm in the afternoon, a bomb went off and the country came to a halt. That Daphne Caruana Galizia was brutally assassinated because of the stories she was working...

Konrad Mizzi’s refusal to attend Public Accounts Committee sittings that are delving into the Electrogas project is an insult to the people and to all Parliamentarians. Mizzi played a key...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, last Sunday, reported that Labour Party MP Silvio Grixti received a direct order worth €37,200 from Transport Malta. The payment was for “consultancy...

A few days ago, it was announced that Malta was put back on the European Union’s travel green list after spending most of the summer on the red and orange list after a spike in Covid-19...

For a budget that is the last one to be presented during this legislature, this was certainly not your typical pre-election budget. Not that that is a bad thing. For pre-election budgets have become a...

The unveiling of the budget for the year 2022 is upon us. Finance Minister Clyde Caruana will, this evening, stand up in Parliament and present what will be his first budget speech. It is also...

Government last week announced a proposed €6bn metro project and the country went into a frenzy. Suddenly, our “dream” of having an underground system, similar to the ones we love to...