Sometimes one has to wonder. What possessed the Labour Party to withdraw the participation of its leader, Joseph Muscat, in a live televised debate to be organized by Xarabank on 1...

With all the to-ing and fro-ing on the issue of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of Malta’s credit rating, the political parties seem to have forgotten one thing – the issue still...

Following the stark division between the two main political parties on the way forward for the country’s energy supply, this week’s news that both parties’ leaders are in favour of...

This election will long be remembered for its focus on energy. One week after PL came out with their plan to reduce energy bills, the air has been filled with claim and counter-claim, with proposal...

Opposition leader Joseph Muscat yesterday announced that a Labour government would revise the current parliamentary situation and would tie politicians’ honoraria with their attendance in...

The first week of the election campaign is gone. Another eight remain.   The Labour Party still holds a steady advantage over the Nationalist Party, according to surveys published in...

Everyone knew that the energy sector was to be one of the main focal points of the election campaign, for the writing has been on the wall for over a year now. But this past week has provided the...

The current situation where Maltese resident abroad have to physically board a plane and haul themselves to Malta to cast their vote is completely ludicrous. One would think that by the year 2013, the...

The two major parties are battling it out on energy proposals in the first round of sparring leading up to the general election in two months time.   We have heard the PN say that the...

Whenever election time rolls around, proposals for political parties’ electoral manifestos come a dime a dozen and most are more than just a little predictable in that the vested interests of...