This is just not good enough.   The people who voted for the Opposition, and even the country at large, expects the Opposition to oppose.   But over the past days, it has let...

There is a person who seems to have handed in his resignation who deserves the thanks of the nation.   Recent reports said Emmanuel Ellul has recently resigned from head of the...

It is welcome news that the Prime Minister is acting quickly on his pledge to revise the Church-State agreement on marriage annulments.  This week, in fact, he travelled to the Vatican for...

Maybe this is an apposite historical precedent: when Emperor Caligula appointed his own horse to be consul.   The recent cull in Malta’s foreign service and the lock, stock and barrel...

Recent reports have pointed out the inadequacy of waste separation and collection in Malta, some years after the introduction of them to this country.   In particular, for instance, it has...

The string of meetings involving ministers with members of the public will come to an end tomorrow when Prime Minister Joseph Muscat concludes the series at Castille.   The meetings were...

Maybe one way to explain the issues facing this country can be through simplifying the many political and country-wide issues by positing them on a home basis, as if we are talking about our own...

It all happened in a very silky way.   Prime Minister Joseph Muscat held a press conference grandly at the door of the Auberge de Castille, with traffic rerouted, journalists placed on a...

This is not the first time John Dalli has found himself in a top position at Mater Dei and the Health Department.   Anecdotal accounts told five years ago how when Lawrence Gonzi offered him...

Whether the latest protestations by the Opposition over plans for the new Delimara power station are merely yet another case or pure scaremongering or not remains to be seen.  It is also quite...