The election of Joseph Muscat as the new Malta Labour Party last Friday is the new beginning the MLP was looking for after 16 years of Alfred Sant rule that brought about more disappointments than satisfactions. Or is it?...

The time has come, nay it came decades ago but it has been much delayed, for some much-delayed restitution to people, families and other bodies whose property r...

It was inevitable that, one fine day, the government would have had to increase the water and electricity surcharge. With the price of oil on the international market not only passing the $100 per barrel mark but ...

They were prepared. They made suggestions that are worth considering. They asked pertinent questions that put politicians in a corner....

The Malta Labour Party will, today or tomorrow, elect its new leader. A first vote will be taken tonight and, if none of the five contenders for the post obtains 50 per cent plus one of the preferences from the 889 delegates eligible to vote, ...

While the media has concentrated – and it still is – on the Malta Labour Party as it analyses what led to its election defeat and elects its new leader, the Nationalist Party is, almost silently, carrying out its own transformation....

It had to take a tragedy such as that which occurred in Naxxar last March and the subsequent discovery of more fireworks that were being stored illegally in residential areas, to act as a wake-up call for the government to take action....

The potential but improbable formation of a trades union council comes up from time to time. The intentions are always good, as everyone seems to like the idea, but then little...

Next Thursday’s contest to select the new leader of the Labour Party is no fashion show, no Eurovision song contest, nor any gladiatorial fight-to-the-finish....

It is no secret that the most important thing in life is one’s health. All the rest is immaterial if one is not healthy....