There can be little argument that precarious work in all its insidious forms must be wiped out, and the government went some ay this week toward leading by example in terms of better checks and...

About a year ago, a group of small French entrepreneurs took an ad in the papers in which they proclaimed the grievances of what they called ‘Les Pigeons’.   The French, in some...

We are an unhealthy nation – this much is true and we all admit it. We have high obesity rates and a lot of people still smoke and drink too much – all of which contribute towards heart...

Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization says in new guidelines that also recommend...

The country’s environmental lobby has grown by leaps and bounds over recent years, and the government, as well as the Opposition for that matter, will ignore this growing movement at their own...

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...